[turboheaven] catchall for elysia

[jiaohua]

she's so pretty and i'm so scared of when you inevitably smash betray on the whole game, ara

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[florescences]

[ ? ]

I don't know what those are.

[jiaohua]

[ ? ]

Well, most mothers tell their daughters that they are beautiful and advise them on how to get ahead in life, don't they?

[florescences]

[ she smiles. ]

I do think that could be true, but I grew up in an orphanage.

[jiaohua]

...oh. My apologies.

[florescences]

[ she waves a hand. ]

Don't worry. It's nothing to feel sorry about. I love the people I grew up with.

[jiaohua]

They likely told you many of the same things my mother told me, then.

[florescences]

Wouldn't that be lovely if that were so?

[ she was not left wanting for love in the orphanage. she just thinks it's likely a different experience than what waner grew up with. ]

[jiaohua]

What sorts of things did they tell you about yourself?

[florescences]

All things that I knew I was cared for.

[jiaohua]

...what was it like, living there?

[florescences]

Lovely. I had everything I needed. They taught me to read and write and gave me storybooks for my free time.

[jiaohua]

[oh.

waner looks surprised, and then there's a stray thought -

Orphans in your world are much luckier than orphans in mine...]

...the people running the orphanage must have cared a lot about all of you.

[florescences]

I wouldn't say orphans in my world were luckier. I was just very fortunate to have a nice village for a home.

They did their best to care for everyone.

[jiaohua]

How did they manage...?

[like. who paid for the orphanage to run...?]

[florescences]

I don't know that much, but I imagine the orphanage owners managed somehow. I left the village at a young age.

[jiaohua]

...what counts as a young age for someone as long-lived as you...

[florescences]

[ she smiles. ]

In this case, it's the same as what would count for you.

[jiaohua]

Oh... That was a very long time ago then.