[He's frightened again. Must be hard to hold your ground when people keep whipping the rug from under you. He shouldn't be though. Not of her, nor himself. Of being a burden or a pest. She doesn't think she's met a kid with less backbone in her life.
She could pity him. Rather does sometimes. Mostly though, she wants to give him a lesson that will stick.]
I don't care who made you, or why. It doesn't matter where you came from. And if your head's a little messed up, that's okay. So many people's are.
You can choose who you want to be. Nobody else gets to decide that for you. All right?
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F-Famine has... scolded me about all of that, yes...
[he's shrinking back slightly as she speaks-- not that he isn't listening, or that he's taking her saying it as scolding, but. of course he can't help worrying.]
...I know. I know, but I-- it's difficult to know how.
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Mathis.
[He's frightened again. Must be hard to hold your ground when people keep whipping the rug from under you. He shouldn't be though. Not of her, nor himself. Of being a burden or a pest. She doesn't think she's met a kid with less backbone in her life.
She could pity him. Rather does sometimes. Mostly though, she wants to give him a lesson that will stick.]
I don't care who made you, or why. It doesn't matter where you came from. And if your head's a little messed up, that's okay. So many people's are.
You can choose who you want to be. Nobody else gets to decide that for you. All right?
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[he's shrinking back slightly as she speaks-- not that he isn't listening, or that he's taking her saying it as scolding, but. of course he can't help worrying.]
...I know. I know, but I-- it's difficult to know how.
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[She rubs those frail shoulders, voice softening.]
The only way to start us by living.