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She shreds a piece of grass.

"Look, I don't know that Hagan's right, but you seem - confused. About what doing right by anyone consists of. So - tread lightly, or whatever, I think you shouldn't assume that letting her make choices sometimes means she's okay."

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"'m not confused. Just - bad at words. And Cecelia's good at them but she's scared right now so we'll just have to wait until she's not, and wants to talk about it. If she does."

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"Valid, I guess."

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She sets her baby down to try crawling in the grass. She wipes her eyes. She looks at the sky and breathes.

 

 

"You can't always have everything you want," she says, eventually.

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"Yeah. But if something really matters to you I'll try, right, like with staying at court."

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" - yes. I know. Just - some things are unreasonable to expect."

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"I...guess? 

Like, that sure does seem true of at least some things but I have no idea which things you're thinking of - 

- and I thought stuff was okay - 

- we'll leave in the morning -"

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She draws her knees up to herself and hugs them and nods.

"It's - not your fault, or anything, it's just - that I got confused about some things, and that - made me want things that I would not have bothered wanting if I'd remembered what I was. I guess. I'm sorry."

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"Do you want a hug?"

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...nod.

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(The baby crawls over towards Hagan and gurgles.)

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- he could pick up a baby and rock and pet her without interrupting his glaring at the fairy, sure.

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Hug. "Once we get out of court and get the kids it'll be better, I think."

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"Yeah. Probably."

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"Do you believe that thing he said? About the only way to be good to a woman?"

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"I - there are different - levels, I guess, of being good to someone."

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Snuggle. "'m not human. I don't - understand - that. But I want to be good to you."

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Nodnod.

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...well, she kind of wants to impress upon this guy how bad this situation is for Cecilia, but also she's totally right that her options here are really limited and maybe she should take what she can get.

...Hagan and the baby are unreasonably cute. She would not really have expected unmarried Osirian men to have any idea what to do with babies, but there they are being cute.

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Babies are easy, they just want attention and snuggles and to pull on your hair.

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She snuggles Rana a little and watches her baby and doesn't say anything else.

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And after a few more minutes, another person appears, screams, and immediately claps her hand over her mouth.

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"....hi?"

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