[ Perhaps. Perhaps the one gift her father had given her is an understanding of manipulation, of when to trust others. ]
[ Which isn't to say she thinks he's being manipulated (but maybe he is) or that he isn't earnest - but wasn't that just how things were? Her father had dozens of children, each brought into unrelenting loyalty. Told he was doing the right thing and he was making them stronger; The rest of the universe was the enemy not him. ]
[ It's not quite that. But she can't shake the mutedness of Highstorm. Or the stores filled with high prices. "Safe and happy," that's not what she'd include. ]
[ Or maybe it's because her idea of safe and happy is far different than what she's seeing or being told. That she'd begun to take a step forward into making a home for others to be yanked away. ]
[ She frowns and shakes her head, just a touch. ]
I am sure that is what she wants you to believe.
[ There's no accusation in that tone, it's an affirmation. ] But that's her vision and your vision. Not mine.
[ It's an attempt at being polite, in her own way, at least. ]
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[ Which isn't to say she thinks he's being manipulated (but maybe he is) or that he isn't earnest - but wasn't that just how things were? Her father had dozens of children, each brought into unrelenting loyalty. Told he was doing the right thing and he was making them stronger; The rest of the universe was the enemy not him. ]
[ It's not quite that. But she can't shake the mutedness of Highstorm. Or the stores filled with high prices. "Safe and happy," that's not what she'd include. ]
[ Or maybe it's because her idea of safe and happy is far different than what she's seeing or being told. That she'd begun to take a step forward into making a home for others to be yanked away. ]
[ She frowns and shakes her head, just a touch. ]
I am sure that is what she wants you to believe.
[ There's no accusation in that tone, it's an affirmation. ] But that's her vision and your vision. Not mine.
[ It's an attempt at being polite, in her own way, at least. ]