[But she knows he's already soft when it comes to the dragon baby, so she's sure that the dragon understands. After all, he tended it to it so dearly.]
All the time. I wasn't exactly a good child. And...I guess I wasn't like the other children. [Coming into being, she was alone.] From what I can remember of the earliest point of my childhood, I was alone. What about you?
Hmm... That's the first thing I remember, so I'm pretty much the same!
[ His childhood is hazy. Nothing was truly written about it, after all, but sometimes he remembers patches, a flashback to a blurry moment that's bound to have happened all those years ago. Because if it didn't happen, then who else would he be? ]
But you had someone come looking for you eventually, right?
[Except he's a human so that's worrying. Even if he said he was fictional because of the novel, but he lived a life as a human and that is real. He's real too, being here.
Some wouldn't consider her real anyway since the world is a strange place.]
Yes. Eventually, my brother took me in. And some humans who looked out for me as I grew. I worked early. What about yourself? [She doesn't know much about how he grew up anyway.]
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All the time. I wasn't exactly a good child. And...I guess I wasn't like the other children. [Coming into being, she was alone.] From what I can remember of the earliest point of my childhood, I was alone. What about you?
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[ His childhood is hazy. Nothing was truly written about it, after all, but sometimes he remembers patches, a flashback to a blurry moment that's bound to have happened all those years ago. Because if it didn't happen, then who else would he be? ]
But you had someone come looking for you eventually, right?
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[Except he's a human so that's worrying. Even if he said he was fictional because of the novel, but he lived a life as a human and that is real. He's real too, being here.
Some wouldn't consider her real anyway since the world is a strange place.]
Yes. Eventually, my brother took me in. And some humans who looked out for me as I grew. I worked early. What about yourself? [She doesn't know much about how he grew up anyway.]
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[ But a country experiences loneliness differently, doesn't it? She's never really alone as long as she has her people.
So they're not the same. ]
It wasn't the best home, but... Mm, yeah. It was good.
[ He furrows his brow. ]
Your brother... You don't mean—
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[It's true, her family was huge, and there were lots of people around. In a way, she's respected.]
I mean...it's better now, no? With new friends?
[She nods.]
China.