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[smallshoes]

I'm so sorry - I have a problem. We know they've insisted on some sort of war... I don't know what all they want from us, but doesn't that usually mean battles? Against other people? And they have us on different sides, even. I've been thinking about it a lot. Maybe - maybe I'm a disappointment, but I—

I don't know that I'm ready to fight another human being.

[And by fight, she means kill. This may not be an unwelcome sentiment from a fourteen-year-old girl, but she seems very concerned about it.]

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[infame]

[Man, even Peter has to draw a line at making little girls fight. Probably. ]

They didn't bring you here on your own, did they?

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[smallshoes]

They did. The night I came, I had been on a ship with my family, but when I came here... I couldn't find them at all. Oh, but I have found an auntie here, she's lovely, of course. Still...

[Still, it would help to have Mother or Father or Brother here to help guide her sword.]

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[infame]

[An aunt, at least. ]

Were you lucky to be in the same court as her?

[Because Peter, probably through karma, ended up the exact opposite of his nephew. ]

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[smallshoes]

Yes, thank heavens.

[Well, not really. But Madam Red has been masquerading as a Seelie for Elizabeth's sake - mustn't let the sweet thing know that her darling auntie has darker ways - and Lizzie's none the wiser, for now.

She really is thanking the heavens, too, since - a shock! - her aunt had been dead before arriving in this place. Elizabeth still doesn't know what to make of these fairies.]

She's a comfort! [Although Lizzie worries.] But without my parents here, or even my brother... I feel like I don't have guidance. [They at least know about her swords, after all.]

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[infame]

That's understandable. There's nothing quite like being with your closest family.

[Like he'd know what it means to be close to family, though. ]

Have some faith, they could show themselves soon.

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[smallshoes]

It'd be terrible to wish them to such a place, though. And if I'm needed to help here, it seems wrong to want so badly to escape. Overall, it's best for them to stay at home, isn't it? It's just...

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[smallshoes]

[There's a pause, and then abruptly, she's practically glowing with joy, hands clasped.]

But it is so wonderful to see my dear aunt again! Yes! So I'm really very glad about it, yes!

[M-Moodswings?! Really, she just hates to present such a sad face to anyone. She must be a good girl, she tells herself, and make the most of what she can. A lady shouldn't be so somber.]

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[infame]

It's alright to be a little selfish. Wanting them here isn't such a bad thing, you know.