"You must understand that initially my convictions were not my own. My mother took me into the home of Madame LeBon, and it was her sight that predicted this life for me. From then on there was no question of our goals."
Reinette glanced over the balcony, into the darkness. The stars were especially bright that night.
"And I accepted them, happily. What little girl does not enjoy being informed the are special? And even then I understood that the education that was provided for me was far superior to what I would have known otherwise. Above all, it fed my desire to learn. That is what it was, in the beginning. The knowledge that I could meet them, in this place. That one day I would."
She met his gaze through the shadows.
"Then I came here, and realized that to merely meet them would mean giving them far too much credit, and undervaluing myself.
OOC: Forgive work and inventories and funerals. Hugs.
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Reinette glanced over the balcony, into the darkness. The stars were especially bright that night.
"And I accepted them, happily. What little girl does not enjoy being informed the are special? And even then I understood that the education that was provided for me was far superior to what I would have known otherwise. Above all, it fed my desire to learn. That is what it was, in the beginning. The knowledge that I could meet them, in this place. That one day I would."
She met his gaze through the shadows.
"Then I came here, and realized that to merely meet them would mean giving them far too much credit, and undervaluing myself.
OOC: Forgive work and inventories and funerals. Hugs.