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He can’t get a rise out of her, and can never push hard enough that she pushes back. Human mothers eventually raise their voices, yell back, get upset. You can fling hurtful words at a human mother. But as far as he can tell, it never lands with Demerzel; there’s no heart there to twist the knife into. (Relationship study for what slowly went wrong between Cleon XXIV and Demerzel. Spoilers for all of season 3.)

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