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"The first thing I want to do is apologize for the way I have treated you, Veronica. You did not deserve my initial reaction to you. I think you need to understand something about me in order to understand why I was so aloof upon my arrival." Eli says, taking a deep breath.

"The idea that I have such a bright, beautiful and courageous daughter in the future is both exciting and scary to me. Exciting in that I feel that I have done something right and come to terms with many things in my life that I did not believe I could...and scary in the fact that I would not have chosen this life for you if it were up to me." Eli says.

"But it is not up to me, which is the hardest thing a parent can accept. The information I have gathered about myself here is...startling to say the least. There are many things that your father has done that I do not believe I would ever do, but I do not know the whole of what has transpired to bring him to where he is.

The one thing that I do know of him, because I know it of me, is that he loves you more than his immortality and that he would gladly exchange it to spare you any pain. But, after meeting his...our father today, I think I know why he allows you so much time without him, and I would be hard-pressed not to choose the same thing." Eli says, stepping forward to look down at Veronica.

"We both pray that you will never feel that you were denied the opportunity to design your life. You have become a heroine in your own right, and you have friends that you adore...and someone you care deeply for. All of these things, I have always wanted for a child of mine.

So please, Little Goddess...never believe for one moment that your fathers do not love you, for nothing is further from the truth. If he does not say it often enough, I will make up for that with the time I have here.

You are my daughter and you, more than my heritage, are my greatest claim to immortality." Eli says, pulling her gently into a hug.