Dan watches this fight take place, and he can't help but think of his own foster daughter, of the transparency they had in their relationship before she died, and he can't understand-
-no, he can understand why Sarek would withhold information like that. Dan withholds information all the time. He would have withheld information in a heartbeat if he thought it would have protected his kid. Even if that ran the risk of hurting them a little less, some other way.
He can see both the good intentions and the devastation here in this scene. The worst part of lying to someone is when you get caught.
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Dan watches this fight take place, and he can't help but think of his own foster daughter, of the transparency they had in their relationship before she died, and he can't understand-
-no, he can understand why Sarek would withhold information like that. Dan withholds information all the time. He would have withheld information in a heartbeat if he thought it would have protected his kid. Even if that ran the risk of hurting them a little less, some other way.
He can see both the good intentions and the devastation here in this scene. The worst part of lying to someone is when you get caught.