You know, this was never about Shadow's safety, was it? All that lying was never going to protect Shadow. Doom came after him anyway and was always planning to hurt him again. The least you could've done was told him to warn him, but you didn't.
You would not have been in danger had you not pushed to find the truth. I did warn you of that.
You warned me, but gave no explanation.
I gave you a perfectly reasonable explanation.
No, you tried to persuade me that it was my fault! That I really had messed up Maria's medications!
I had hoped that the guilt would keep you away...
But I knew it wasn't true.
Shadow. My agreement with Doom was that he would stay away from you as long as the truth about Maria's death never surfaced.
And you believed him?! You believed that would keep me safe?!
What choice did I have but to believe him? Was I to watch him take you? I had just lost Maria. I couldn't... Bear the thought of losing you, too.
*Shadow snarls, although the lump in his throat removes any real bite from it*