I find it sad that the interaction didn't work for Aja, too, because I had hoped that The Wild Swans would work exactly as she tried to use it, as something to prompt honest reach-across-the-barrier conversations.

Yeah... but on the other hand, sometimes it's been programmed in bone deep. If Aja were to, say, just leave it there, her mom might read it eventually...

As long as she's even vaguely willing to talk, I don't count it as a failure.