#And they‘re not coming out the super max unscarred

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Another Laserhen thought actually is I think Dolph would struggle with not losing his temper at his kids , at least when Troy and Lucy were babies/toddlers. Dolph got more patient when Leo came into the picture and Leo as a result had a different set of early memories compared to his older siblings (I mean, Leo also didn’t spend his first few years raised in the super max either so 🤷‍♀️)

To be clear I don’t think Dolph would ever hurt a child, but even within canon I think Dolph struggles with intrusive thoughts of hurting people he cares about and becoming suddenly responsible to two very small, very fragile living creatures would’ve made those thoughts so much worse to deal with

Especially when he has barely any energy and he has no idea why they won’t stop crying oh god why won’t they stop crying-?!

It sometimes got so intense that Dolph would ,just, put the crying kid on the floor and lock himself in the bathroom to scream or whatever , maybe even break the mirror (a common occurrence actually) before being able to look anyone in the eye

Dolph wonders if this what his mother felt when she had to take care of him, if she ever felt like she was going to hurt her own baby from the stress and maybe that’s why she did what she did, thinking that letting Dolph go into Eden’s care was the only way to ensure that she could never hurt him