[ That's a very different way of relating to one's father than Tokiko has - to her, her father was the most precious. His control was welcome, expected, desired.

Raven's father clearly was not the same mild mannered type of man as Tokimune Kurosu though. ]

If it left you in a state to be controlled then you were still bound - to him. But that doesn't apply to you anymore. I think that makes this a different kind of freedom, no?