Pony shrugged and kept walking to her. "Well the funny thing about expectations is.. they rarely ever pan out. If I followed my father's expectations, I would be a doctor somewhere. I am much happier this way."

He stuck his hands in his pockets and avoided the sued so it wouldn't get to his boots. "And life doesn't have a path laid out. We make it as we go as life is a huge expanse. " He stretched out his arms. "Your parents could want you to be a lady and get married. And maybe you could and be a black widow who immediately poisons her husband on their wedding night. Or maybe you run away and become an acrobat in a circus. There is nothing in life forcing you down a path, just responses."