He pats, and she awkwardly swallows the last mouthful of apple before reaching out tremulously for the water, cupping it carefully in two hands and trying to take little sips.]
Mmmhm.
[Making apple flowers sounds much nicer, it's true.]
My world used to be like that... before. There was all sorts of fighting, and humans used jinba like- Like horses.
[Not like... people. She's heard the stories. From her parents, just a little, when they talked about their real children, who they'd lost. From Mikuni, and Gonta... who had suffered through that time when they were children, and old enough for it to affect them, like she hadn't been.]
no subject
He pats, and she awkwardly swallows the last mouthful of apple before reaching out tremulously for the water, cupping it carefully in two hands and trying to take little sips.]
Mmmhm.
[Making apple flowers sounds much nicer, it's true.]
My world used to be like that... before. There was all sorts of fighting, and humans used jinba like- Like horses.
[Not like... people. She's heard the stories. From her parents, just a little, when they talked about their real children, who they'd lost. From Mikuni, and Gonta... who had suffered through that time when they were children, and old enough for it to affect them, like she hadn't been.]
... I don't really remember it.