The symbiotes, right? They're picking up the slack.
[ She's determined not to buckle, she's got too much to prove, to yell screaming at the sky that her father liked to pretend he was the God of and tell him see, see she never needed him, never needed his protection. She could protect herself. ]
Thank you. I'll be careful I promise -- [ It hadn't even been what she was fishing for, but now that she knows -- huh. Well, that's something at least. Presses her lips together at his deadpan tone. As for the rest of it, well it wasn't a lesson he needed to repeat to her. She knew, with her mother's blood, she knew what came from a loss of control.
But she's not a child anymore, either, she can do this. He's talking to her like he -- well, doesn't expect her to completely fail outright. She could start there. Chimes back in an equally blank tone, though she presses her lips together to smother something like a smile. For all he is as unreadable as a stone, it's... well, it's the only sense of humour she's ever been exposed to, laughing at things that shouldn't be funny. ] -- and well, if you're sure about the no melting, sir. [ It's all pleasant mischief, as she looks up at him. ]
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[ She's determined not to buckle, she's got too much to prove, to yell screaming at the sky that her father liked to pretend he was the God of and tell him see, see she never needed him, never needed his protection. She could protect herself. ]
Thank you. I'll be careful I promise -- [ It hadn't even been what she was fishing for, but now that she knows -- huh. Well, that's something at least. Presses her lips together at his deadpan tone. As for the rest of it, well it wasn't a lesson he needed to repeat to her. She knew, with her mother's blood, she knew what came from a loss of control.
But she's not a child anymore, either, she can do this. He's talking to her like he -- well, doesn't expect her to completely fail outright. She could start there. Chimes back in an equally blank tone, though she presses her lips together to smother something like a smile. For all he is as unreadable as a stone, it's... well, it's the only sense of humour she's ever been exposed to, laughing at things that shouldn't be funny. ] -- and well, if you're sure about the no melting, sir. [ It's all pleasant mischief, as she looks up at him. ]