I believe you wish you could be more like your sister, but that's not who you are.
[If the maze had taught him anything, it was a reminder of how difficult and worthwhile it had been taking Jinx in as a child and raising her to be a young adult. He had watched her struggle to the point where she was at, where she could grow attached and then fight down the continual paranoia that it might not last or it would be turned against her.
He turned and watched her move to the kitchen, easing himself to half sit against the back of the couch. He had no reason to interfere with her progress, even going so far as he shrug his way out of his jacket and leave it on the back of the couch for the time being.]
I know. You're young, and part of youth is experiencing heart-break and the flutter of infatuation. You are free to live a life where you can make mistakes to learn from them.
[As she approached with the knife, he lifted his hands and began to roll his shirt sleeves up towards his elbows casually. It wasn't a look he bothered much with these days, but a few years ago, it was a far more exclusive look. Her show of damaging the furniture was not unusual, and he didn't even flinch.]
Will you? I'll assist you in such an endeavor should he return.
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Date: 2023-09-30 07:31 pm (UTC)[If the maze had taught him anything, it was a reminder of how difficult and worthwhile it had been taking Jinx in as a child and raising her to be a young adult. He had watched her struggle to the point where she was at, where she could grow attached and then fight down the continual paranoia that it might not last or it would be turned against her.
He turned and watched her move to the kitchen, easing himself to half sit against the back of the couch. He had no reason to interfere with her progress, even going so far as he shrug his way out of his jacket and leave it on the back of the couch for the time being.]
I know. You're young, and part of youth is experiencing heart-break and the flutter of infatuation. You are free to live a life where you can make mistakes to learn from them.
[As she approached with the knife, he lifted his hands and began to roll his shirt sleeves up towards his elbows casually. It wasn't a look he bothered much with these days, but a few years ago, it was a far more exclusive look. Her show of damaging the furniture was not unusual, and he didn't even flinch.]
Will you? I'll assist you in such an endeavor should he return.