No. I wasn't. If I had been trying to get rid of you, Murdoc, I wouldn't have wanted to meet with you so soon after arriving. I wouldn't have wanted to keep up the contact.

I never hated you. Life just happened to separate us for a while.

And some good things happened along the way. Eridan, Feferi, and Meenah happened.

[She leans up just long enough to sip at her drink, then settles back.]

You know I'm not just here about the children, though, right?