"I think what amuses me the most is the fact that they are completely incapable of understanding why we do anything we do, and so they expect it's only for the sake of defiance. I'll admit knowing how my mother will react to something is often an added bonus, but it certainly isn't the driving force behind all of my choices." He sipped at his coffee, wrapping long fingers around the cup.
"Sometimes I do wonder how some of us managed to be nothing like our parents while others are simply replicas of them. I shudder to think that it's merely intelligence that did it, for it shouldn't take much in the way of thought to become one's own person. To think that there are that many people unable and unwilling to think for themselves...well, it's an unpleasant thought at best."