Involuntarily, they flinch only the slightest amount at the last thing Duchess says. They force themselves to keep it small enough that they can try to disguise it as one of the last of their gigglefit-induced squirms, though how successful they are at that they are unsure.
She didn't mean anything by it, and it was meant well. This is all on them. It is not her fault that they are no longer exactly sure what their true self is.
"...Your mother sounds like a very nice lady, miss," they say politely, and if the faintest bit of wistfulness slips into their tone then there's nothing to say about it. "What about the rest of your family? Did you have siblings too?"
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Date: 2016-10-08 08:13 pm (UTC)She didn't mean anything by it, and it was meant well. This is all on them. It is not her fault that they are no longer exactly sure what their true self is.
"...Your mother sounds like a very nice lady, miss," they say politely, and if the faintest bit of wistfulness slips into their tone then there's nothing to say about it. "What about the rest of your family? Did you have siblings too?"