Various Whites and a Miles in the Wasteland
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"Thanks," he says, smiling. "I - don't know. I think it's going to take me a while to sort myself out enough that I can tell what I need to do to sort myself out, you know?"

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"Yeah. Sorta the same for us, in a way--I mean we're all super thrilled to not be in a war zone anymore, but, like, we were just in a war zone, we've all lost people, when the surge of positive feelings from a dramatic improvement in circumstances wears off we're not gonna be in great shape."

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He nods.

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"What a thing to inflict on kids."

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"It's... gonna be interesting, for sure."

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"I have no idea how we're actually going to divvy up childrearing, I mean me and Kaleith are engaged, it makes sense for us to be 'mom' for the first one at least but I sure as hell don't want to do that for literally all of them and I mean--I know the others'll help, and I'm sure my sister's maternal instincts'll kick in that Kaleith'n me won't be the only actual parent-designated persons, but as for the rest...."

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"I am kind of terrified of parenting but I might be less terrified by the time there are a bunch of babies in front of me."

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"And me and Kaleith'll take the first one, for sure."

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"Okay."

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"I wonder what they'll be like."

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"I hope they're not like me, I was the worst kid."

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"I meant in terms of species characteristics more than personality traits, but now you've got me curious."

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"I did a lot of finding new and exciting ways to get into trouble."

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"You'd have gotten along well with my sister, I think."

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"Was she a troublemaker too?"

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"She tried to detonate one of the Duke's crowns because she thought it was possessed when we were, like, five. Came pretty close to succeeding, too."

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"...Why'd she think it was possessed, and what did she try to detonate it with?"

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"It was incredibly ugly in a really creepy way and someone else stole it as a prop to tell ghosts stories with. And flour."

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"Nice."

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"Possibly all the adults in your life and hers should be glad you two didn't meet as children."

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"Talovir - the king - used to call me 'Troublemaker' like it was my name."

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"That's adorable."

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"Troublemaker se Fara."

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"What's up with the 'se Fara' thing anyway?"

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"It's my... I don't think there's a word for it in this language, but I guess there's no reason for there to be one, there isn't in Sanash either because they do names differently. Fara is my grandmother, and she's my... I can't think of a less silly way to put it than 'specific ancestor'. Everyone has one. If you're descended from somebody famous it's almost always them, like, the princess is Kiora se Talovir because she's the king's granddaughter and that's as famous as it gets, and I could be Tiro se Alyne because my mom's pretty cool but Grandmother Fara is a legendary hero, so. But when you don't have any kings or legendary heroes you just go with whichever of your parents' specific ancestors you like better, or pick someone else out of your family tree if you can't stand either of those options."

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