Whoo.
It's our birthday.
Time for cake and presents and chaos.
How fun.
Of course, it would be better if Mom bothered to show up on time.

"Hi, guys! Sorry, I'm late, I had some urgent business I had to attend to."

Of course, my dad and brother didn't care.

"No problem, haven't done much anyways."
"Nice to see you, Mom!"

I guess I'm the only one who seems to actually care when my own mother is late for my birthday.
But whatever. Not like it's the most important day of my life up till now.
Oh, wait...

—(Solar)—

Don't know why Sunrise looks so upset. Mom is here!
Sure, she was late. But at least she's here. At least she's not dead.
She's here, that's all that matters.
Right?

"When are we starting?"
"Soon, we were waiting for you."
"Oh, yeah. Sorry... again."

She's sorry. She couldn't help being late. She's a goddess!
Sunrise needs to stop being so... so... selfish.

—(Sunrise)—

Solar keeps looking at me weird.
Well, it's not my fault if I'm angry.
She's our mom! She should be on time!
Is being a goddess more important than being with her family?
Everyone keeps acting like it's okay! It's not.
She was the one who left us in the first place. She was the one who died. She was the one who turned into a goddess!
She left me.
And for what?
To destroy our great-grandfather?
I don't get it.
This Lucifer guy... why was he more important than us?
Why did she risk her life for him?
He was so terrible that she died.
But she should've told us.
She should've told us everything!
She almost killed herself when she was in a stupid coma!
She never told us that she suicidal. Didn't we deserve to know?
We were five.
And our mother almost died. Then she actually died when we were seven.
And she didn't tell us anything.

—(Solar)—

She's angry. I can tell.
Her hands are clenched up.
She's almost shaking. I'm going to go talk to her.

"Let's go to our room."

We go upstairs and leave our parents.

"What's wrong with you?"
"She was late."
"And? She's here."
"She was late for our birthday."
"She's a goddess. Of course, she would be busy."
"But she should've been here on time! She shouldn't have to be a goddess just to see us! She shouldn't have died!"
"She had to."
"NO, SHE DIDN'T! SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO RISK HER LIFE TO DESTROY ONE GUY!"
"That guy was destroying Etheria."
"Well, maybe I don't care if Etheria is destroyed."
"Sunrise..."
"I'll see you downstairs."

She is so selfish.