Someone gave me something nice. And I ended burning her even though I didn't want. It's better if no one bothers to even try.

[He takes a long gulp from the bottle before he continues.]

Officially, that's what parents are. Actually just making you and bringing you into the world is enough to qualify them as parents. But I don't think that's it.

I think that a parent is someone who cares for you at all times, no matter what you do, no matter where you are, no matter how old you are. They want you to be happy and safe, even if they know that it's impossible for that to be constantly true. They never aim to hurt you or put you in danger on purpose and even if somehow their actions or decisions, or just your job and their own duty, mean that they have to send you to a lion's den, they don't do it with glee or without care. And pray for your safe return. They teach you to decide by yourself what's right and what's wrong, not just what they or society considers that way.

I think that someone that does that is more of a parent than someone who just makes you and bring you into the world.