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[gandere]

[ Being a mother... isn't as easy as it sounds, Rin's painfully discovering. While the boy she adopted is a sweet little thing, he is also a boy and Rin is lacking in experience when it comes to boys that age. In Japan they were proper and didn't mingle much with girls so there's minimal experience from her childhood to go by. Growing up, there was a baby sister for a few years, but she doesn't like to think about those times either so it's no good. She's been a mother for a week and she's already crawling to her locket after asking around. Turns out most of her close companions either suck at parenting (thanks Saber for everything Mordred) or just planned to never have children at all (because that's helpful, Waver), leaving her in the dark. If only there were self help books available, but of course there's not.

Plus this gives her a reason to actually pester people. See what's been going on now that Caer Scima is rubble and everyone is scattered throughout the world. Let people know she's alive. Give them a chance to speak with her before she shut her locket for good. So here's one Rin, dressed tomboyish for her poking around for all to see. ]

Boys are really a handful, aren't they? No--before you ask--I'm not having relationship problems. I mean little boys. I'm not sulking, but it's really kind of hard to think of activities for someone his age-! [ She's brooding pretty fiercely by now. ] When I was seven years old, all I ever wanted to do was study, so why won't he?

[ Just in case anyone in Allaidh Darach needed further proof that Rin Tohsaka was a nerd. ]

I don't even know what to feed him since Emiya left. [ Yes, that's a public jab at his departure today. She's still a bit sour over it. ] He's a stupid boy, so he knows what boys need! What if I don't have enough of the right vegetables and his growth is stunted as a result. That can happen, can't it?!

[ There's a sound in the background that causes her to nearly drop her locket, the magus fumbling with it for a few seconds before it lands solidly in her palm. ]

Crap, crap, crap! What if he heard-?! Oh no, he's going to think he's an inconvenience and—[ Snapping the locket shut. It'll be a couple minutes to confirm it's clear before she replies to anyone. ]

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[gandere]

[ Opening her mouth to say something and then closing it immediately after. Might not be the best of times to question whether or not strangling a child was good parenting. He seems to have turned out all right. ]

That is excellent advice.

It'd be nice to treat him as if he's grown all on his own. The children of this world are forced to mature quicker due to the laws. Twelve years of age is adulthood, if I recall correctly, so he's something of a teenager.

[ A seven year old "teenager", please help her. ]

[falconkick]

[ it doesn't surprise him, almost seems obligatory for people that aren't even from this world. as riddled with war and confusion as it is, sam doesn't think anyone can really be called a kid growing up here. ]

Well now you're in trouble. Teenagers are the worst. Is he in his rebellious stage yet?

[gandere]

I don't think so, but he's only been here a week. [ For a rebellious stage, he's been pretty tame. ]

Should I be giving him the talk? Oh no, what if he wants to run away and elope? Can seven year olds do that?

[falconkick]

[ oh no, don't laugh. he wants to laugh but he probably shouldn't laugh. how are you so cute, rin? ]

I dunno. Most kids runnin' away that young usually wanna join the circus or something like that, but you never know when they're gonna find love. You afraid he's gonna find another woman to love before you already?

[gandere]

[ She won't admit it out loud, but her face says it all. That's the most blatant yes there ever was. ]

I―[ Huff. ] I can't justify giving an answer to that kind of loaded question.

Why the circus?

[falconkick]

[ the literal actual cutest. ]

Y'know, that's a good question. It's always the circus, which isn't even like, a logistically sound place to run away to. Clowns are freaky.

[ philosophical quandaries with rin and sam. ]

[gandere]

[ They're asking the real questions here. ] The food as well is just miserable. Then there are the animals.

... ah, that must be it. [ When she thinks of circus animals, she thinks of the giants messes they leave behind. A boy, on the other hand, probably thinks of befriending them. ]

It's the animals. I can't compete with a tiger.

[falconkick]

[ sam snaps his fingers and shakes his head, feigning a grim frown. ]

That's it. You're gonna have to adopt a tiger next if you wanna keep him at home.

[gandere]

I haven't seen a tiger here! [ It isn't as if she's been looking, but so far everything has had some kind of mystical element to it. The only kind of tiger they'll likely come across here is this kind. ]

There has to be some other pet that could hold his interest. A horse?

Seems as if everyone here has a stupid horse except for me. I can't stand them. They just poop wherever they like.