-31 [written/voice]

[fortunefail]

[Elsewhere, nine-year old Yuan is still hiding out in one of the caves with lil' Raine and lil' Pronyma. He took on the role of guardian, seeing as he's a bit older and male. Awww, ain't that cute? Jushirou Ukitake may or may not be there as well. But Yuan doesn't really trust him either way, so... Yeah.

He got bored, though, so he's decided to practice his writing and ABC skillz. It's extremely squiggly, childish handwriting]

A. B. C. E... D. E.


[voice]

What comes next? Uhm... D, E...

Comments

[action]

[fortunefail]

[he looks up to see Raine looking at her own book, displaying his attempts at writing the alphabet. Wow, instant copier book. Magi-technology these days is so neat!]

Ah... Yes, it is. I'm doing my homework. If I don't, father will get mad.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

Oh... okay. What do you need to do?

[action]

[fortunefail]

I have to practice the alphabet, so that I can learn how to spell.

[lots of smartypants emphasis on that last word.]

[action]

[wise_maiden]

...You don't know how to spell?

[action]

[fortunefail]

[huffy]

I... I know to read. A bit. I just can't... spell all those words.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

But spelling's easy!

[action]

[fortunefail]

Well, yes, the little words are... But the bigger ones aren't. And sometimes, it sounds like it has one letter, but it's actually the other. ... You know?

[action]

[wise_maiden]

Oh. I guess there are some words like that. But I like practicing the bigger ones!

[action]

[fortunefail]

You... like homework?

[action]

[wise_maiden]

[smiles brightly] It's fun! Ma--Mother always says that I'm learning so fast that she can't keep up, sometimes...!

[a little softer, lowering her head and biting her lip] I wish she was here...

[action]

[fortunefail]

[lowers his head]

... What's it like? Having a mother?

[action]

[wise_maiden]

Ummm...

Like... how do you mean...?

[action]

[fortunefail]

Are mothers... nicer than fathers?

[action]

[wise_maiden]

O-oh... I think both are nice...! W-well, Mama gets mad at me sometimes, and she can be really scary when she's mad...! But she always takes care of me... and she always says she loves me lots, so its okay.

You don't have a Mother...?

[action]

[fortunefail]

[shakes his head slowly. Nope, not according to his mun. Random Elven woman was probably executed, or something.]

[action]

[wise_maiden]

O-oh...

I'm sorry... does that make you sad? I can't imagine not having my Mama...

[action]

[fortunefail]

I... don't know. I don't know what it's like to have a mother, so I'm not really sad. But lots of other people do, so I think maybe... I'm jealous.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

O-oh...

I-if they find us, maybe you could come with us! Then my Mother could be yours too.

[action]

[fortunefail]

R-really?


[stepmother or mother-in-law? XD]

[action]

[wise_maiden]

Y-yeah! It'll be fun!

[action]

[fortunefail]

[He smiles brightly. Screw becoming a Sylvarant soldier. He'll be adopted into the Sage family! ... And ultimately end up in Sylvarant again anyway. Thank you, Virginia.]

I'd like that.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

[Plans foiled! But having a big brother around would probably help with the abandoned with an infant thing. Imagine how well that would go.]

You'll like Mama! She's a really good cook. A-and... Papa isn't like most humans, so he'll like you too.

[action]

[fortunefail]

[Genis would be constantly picked on by Yuan later on. But okay. =D]

He'll like me? Really? That's... That's great!

[action]

[wise_maiden]

[And Genis would probably pick up the attitude... wait... he already has an attitude as it is...]

Really...!

[action]

[fortunefail]

[as if Mithos the would-be little brother isn't bad enough. XD]

... Wanna help me with my homework?