[Yukong has to remind herself of the impetuousness of youth, the reckless drive of short-life species who live life with purpose and vigor, and other wholesome things because if she doesn't she'd do something reckless. She's 246 years old! She's got a foot in her grave! She's past a lot of things.
And yet here she is, wondering what that voice is, and also wondering if she could slap this child, even though she should be better than slapping youth who don't know any better, even though the fact that he doesn't know any better is-
She breathes. In. Out. She's calm. She's cool. She's not hearing the voice of her daughter outside, screaming for her mother, or, worse-]
No. [This is obviously a big fucking lie. It's said a little too quick, a little too sharp. Someone who's oblivious wouldn't notice anything, but someone with a sense of perception would pick up on the fact that she's starting to get on edge.]
And, even if I did want to, [Which she might, fuck you,] I wouldn't have the time to babysit while I searched.
he IS but I'm canon familiar, I purposefully dove for the trash bin
And yet here she is, wondering what that voice is, and also wondering if she could slap this child, even though she should be better than slapping youth who don't know any better, even though the fact that he doesn't know any better is-
She breathes. In. Out. She's calm. She's cool. She's not hearing the voice of her daughter outside, screaming for her mother, or, worse-]
No. [This is obviously a big fucking lie. It's said a little too quick, a little too sharp. Someone who's oblivious wouldn't notice anything, but someone with a sense of perception would pick up on the fact that she's starting to get on edge.]
And, even if I did want to, [Which she might, fuck you,] I wouldn't have the time to babysit while I searched.