After forcing Viola to cry like a baby before feeding her, Talia interprets those tears as a trigger for her twisted sense of motherhood. Even after feeding and ācaringā for Viola, she punishes the girl for not following her obsessive rules about how a baby should behave. Viola endures days filled with pressure, absolute control, and a strict system that forces her to think and act like a real infant, while recognizing Talia as the āmotherā she must obey completely. Every rule broken brings harsh punishment, followed by Taliaās disturbingly gentle affection. In her obsessive embrace, Talia breastfeeds Viola, lulling the frightened girl into sleep like a baby surrendering to false warmth and comfort. To Talia, this isnāt cruelty, it is a routine of love, domination, and obsession that she believes is her own version of āmotherhood.
