"And I think children also pick up on how their caretakers think of them."

"And they wanted you to be a blue in a way that was not also being their kid."

"I think they wanted me to be safe but strongly expected me to be blue and felt they would be failing if they tried to squish it out of me or hide things that would shape it."

"...and if they'd tried to be your parents you would have got squished?"

"I don't know."

Nod.

"I am glad of how it worked out because it was helpful after the empire collapsed."

"People at school think it is cool that I am your great granddaughter."

"Well, I am very powerful and blue children tend to get a sense of who is very powerful very early in their lives."

Giggle.

"I do not really care about that in its own right but I like things being easier for my grandchildren and greatgrandchildren."

"Like what things are easier?"

"Getting what they want, getting problems solved."

"Like what?"

"Jobs they want, policies they would like pursued, introductions to people, the ...benefit of the doubt in various contexts, things like that. You'll understand when you're older."

...sigh.

"It is very frustrating to have the world be full of things you'll understand when you are older."

"No, mostly it is frustrating for people to think that."

"...independent of whether it is true?"

"My math tutor thought I should wait to take a programming class but Kan found me a tutorial and I did all the things with the chicken! The tutor didn't even check."

"Your math teacher might have thought that for other reasons than you being incapable of learning, like it being more efficient to learn when you're older."

"Why do you think I will not understand now?"

"I think it's something that mostly gets picked up by seeing lots of examples unfold and that trying to list them would not work well at all."

Sigh.

"Note that I did try to list them and you still do not seem to be exactly clear."