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Maelle: Papa.
Renoir: Alicia.
Maelle: Please. I just want you to understand what this Canvas means to me-
Renoir: I do understand. I know how powerful and intoxicating it is, how deeply attached we can become to the worlds we pour our hearts and souls into. I was enthralled and it nearly killed me.
Maelle: That doesn’t mean you have to erase Verso’s Canvas!
Renoir: Child, do you think I want to? After all the sorrows we’ve endured, do you really think that I want to destroy that last piece of his soul?
Maelle: Then don’t. Don’t.
Renoir: Life keeps forcing cruel choices. We do what we must.
Sciel: Grief often blinds us. And we make choices we can never take back.
Renoir: You grieve for two.
Sciel: I grieve for many.
Lune: The choices of parents leave indelible marks upon their children. But ultimately, the voices in their head have to be their own. You cannot set the boundaries of their life for them.
Maelle: After the fire—You wanted me to find—new joy in life. And I tried. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t. Verso died because of ME. How do I get from that to joy?
Renoir: Child, it will get better. I promise you. But this is not the way. Your friends speak truth, and it changes nothing. You can hate me, but that’s a choice I must make. As your father, I must look out for you. Especially when you can’t look out for yourself.
Maelle: You treat me as if I’m still five…
Renoir: I treat you as if the shadow from the worst day of our lives is going to suffocate you and take you from us too. Enough. I said enough.
A confrontation doesn't make sense given the context. The idea of fighting for Lumiere was already established in the earlier sequence.
