Cookie's expression becomes sadder as she remembers a troubling moment of her past, and Biscotti looks sympathetic.
"I know it's my own fault...I yelled at Mom and Dad when they wouldn't lay off...I told them I didn't want to be part of a family that wouldn't let me be who I was meant to be...I got you in trouble, too, when you stood up for me...I don't know how you put up with it, and I don't know what I'd do if they turned cold on Pastel...She doesn't deserve to be caught up in my own problems...
Biscotti puts a hoof to Cookie's shoulder, drawing her eyes back on him.
"In your case, Cookie, I've never regretted for an instant standing by your side, even against Mom and Dad. Sure, things got tense for a time, but I'd already made up my mind. If my sister's not good enough to be treated like family, then I'm not good enough, either. I don't know how many times I've had to tell them that, but somehow, it still hasn't sunk in what they're missing out on without you. And as for Pastel..."
Biscotti becomes deadly serious, surprising Cookie.
"...I've made it clear to Mom and Dad, and Marzipan agrees with me, that whatever Pastel's future talent is, whatever she's good at, even if it has nothing to do with cooking, I'll stand by her and support her no matter what, because that's what a true parent does for their child. If they mistreat her over it, then everything, everything is over between them and me. They might not think I'm being serious, but I've never been more serious in my life..."
Cookie smiles gratefully and put her hoof on her bother's, as he smiles in return.
"Pastel's lucky to have a dad like you, Bisc, and I'm lucky to have you as a brother..."
"That's what I'm here for, sis."
Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV
Day 12: Draw a pony paying a terrible price / facing the music
Cookie talks with her brother Biscotti about a worry she has about Pastel being ostracized for her cutie mark the way she herself was by her and Bisc's own parents...
(Part 2/2)
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