I, uh...

[He never doubted Vegeta's intelligence for a second, but he had brought up a topic that Cliff had never really thought that much about before. He never considered having a family-- he was too 'popular', and there was no way he could balance that with anything else. It was why he hadn't kept up with the kids at the Dojo, even if he did make it a point to drop by when he could.

Having a family...was a different business entirely.]

We just kinda fished her outta space, really. The pod we found her in was way off course, and it was only a piece of luck, really. Everyone on the Diplo-- we tried our best with her, but there's only so much a bunch of people in the middle of some interplanetary politicking can do. And we weren't exactly in a position to bring her back to Earth...

So we kept her with us. Brought her to our home system to stay a while and let her try to be normal. But, Earthlings on our planet have to adapt to a few things, and she was kinda the odd man out.

...We couldn't give her what she needed, really. And I've spent too many weeks monkeying with other things to really...yanno, do anything.

I don't regret things, Vegeta, but I sometimes wish I had done just a little more.