[The response wasn't immediate. He'd waited until she finished. Listening carefully to her words. The odd turn of phrase she'd used. 'Made'. Like she wasn't a proper person. But she looked and acted like one.
But his words were soft, quiet. Gentle. And firm. The whole time she'd been with him, she'd kept talking as though she wasn't as useful as anyone else. As if she had to keep proving herself. He'd thought it typical kid talk. The kind where they assume all adults don't trust them just cause they're young. Had mostly let it go.
But he didn't want to now. She needed to know her assumptions about herself and how he saw her weren't ones where she was just more trouble.
He brought a thumb to his mouth so he could chew it.]
You ain't. Whatever you are. However you were 'made' as you put it, you ain't been a handicap.
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[The response wasn't immediate. He'd waited until she finished. Listening carefully to her words. The odd turn of phrase she'd used. 'Made'. Like she wasn't a proper person. But she looked and acted like one.
But his words were soft, quiet. Gentle. And firm. The whole time she'd been with him, she'd kept talking as though she wasn't as useful as anyone else. As if she had to keep proving herself. He'd thought it typical kid talk. The kind where they assume all adults don't trust them just cause they're young. Had mostly let it go.
But he didn't want to now. She needed to know her assumptions about herself and how he saw her weren't ones where she was just more trouble.
He brought a thumb to his mouth so he could chew it.]
You ain't. Whatever you are. However you were 'made' as you put it, you ain't been a handicap.