Hey, starchild, are you listening?
Lured back into laughing, Seren tried a look of innocence that was very exaggerated. "Would I do that? Why, now I'm almost tempted to climb rocks, just to test my luck." She said it like a joke, but the idea honestly wasn't half bad. There was a spot near the Falling that showed wonderful promise of climbing, falling and diving all at once... Her eyes glittered mischievously with possibility.
Now that Tobi had broached the subject herself, it was impossible not to ask more about the pregnancy. "You're that close? Do you know.. is it a boy or a girl? I never got to see Mother pregnant with my sister... I don't think she did it this way." She gestured vaguely to all of Tobi, both fascinated and awkward around the concept. It was not how she had been made. Nor her brother, come to think of it. "I suppose we are the strange ones..." she murmured, half to herself.
As the discomfort eased from her arm, Seren gnawed her lip and mulled over the Order. What she knew and didn't know, and the conversations she'd had with others recently. "What does the big picture look like, from your perspective?" she asked, less brightly than before. "Most I've talked to seem to agree that the Order is a bit... eh..." Spinning her hand in the air, Seren searched for a word that wouldn't be plain rude. "Narrow-minded? Unfair? Not inclusive." Shrugging, she gave up and watched the doctor for her opinion. Reserving any judgement she might have; Seren wanted to know more before making up her mind.
Now that Tobi had broached the subject herself, it was impossible not to ask more about the pregnancy. "You're that close? Do you know.. is it a boy or a girl? I never got to see Mother pregnant with my sister... I don't think she did it this way." She gestured vaguely to all of Tobi, both fascinated and awkward around the concept. It was not how she had been made. Nor her brother, come to think of it. "I suppose we are the strange ones..." she murmured, half to herself.
As the discomfort eased from her arm, Seren gnawed her lip and mulled over the Order. What she knew and didn't know, and the conversations she'd had with others recently. "What does the big picture look like, from your perspective?" she asked, less brightly than before. "Most I've talked to seem to agree that the Order is a bit... eh..." Spinning her hand in the air, Seren searched for a word that wouldn't be plain rude. "Narrow-minded? Unfair? Not inclusive." Shrugging, she gave up and watched the doctor for her opinion. Reserving any judgement she might have; Seren wanted to know more before making up her mind.
Seren
