marina [pcs]

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church teeeens who live in chuuuurch and don't steal the bibleeee

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Th-that's....

[he's horrified as he listens to that story, to the way she describes the things her father wanted her to take on; it's enough to make someone queasy, thinking about it. what could be important enough, to go so far? what would make a person desire power so badly-?]

I think... it's very brave of you, to know that you weren't willing to do those things a-and... refuse what he wanted.

[that's the opposite of cowardice. he's wrong.

another bit of that is curious to him, though, and he can't help but ask-]

U-um, if I may ask... is it strange for you, to have been raised as... something else? F-forgive me if this is too personal, but I had never heard of...

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You may. [ a little smile flickers over her mouth as she shakes her head a bit. she doesn't seem to mind. ] I wanna get to know you... so I think it's only fair I share the complicated and uncomfortable times.

[ to show safety. lacing her fingers together, she looks towards them and smiles a bit, self-satisfied. fuck you, old man. ]

My mother raised me as a daughter from birth - and as I grew up, I felt like it was right, even if I was perhaps... different from my peers. Maybe I was simply born under the right soul to do just that.

So no, it was never strange for me...

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Oh...

[he listens quietly, curious. it would have been unpleasant to be raised a way she didn't actually feel was right, but if she felt like it was, then-- that's what's important, isn't it? mathis might not necessarily understand, but she sounds satisfied.]

Th-then I'm... glad it didn't feel as if you were living as someone you weren't.

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[ a small nod, and a very gentle shoulder nudge. ]

I... don't regret it. Not one bit. I think living with the decisions made for you can be difficult, but ultimately... you should live your own life. Best you can.