Never Going Out of Style

"Dark. And cold."  Jiao hugged herself, almost as if just imagining the time had chilled her. "I usually spend it making scarves and big thick clothes. They sell really well...every year, people forget to prepare properly. Sometimes I see family too, though..." She shrugged. "I'm not really that close to them." Seeing her family only on events or times when it felt obligatory, it always was a little awkward. "I suppose I'm more entertained than I was when we met." She agreed. Though he really had to be good at hiding it; compared to the others she'd met he was positively sunny. Jiao could only really solemnly nod to his comments on others families. Not knowing many Outlanders and only discovering her empathy for them very recently, she didn't know what to say. It wasn't anything that could be solved. Only time would mend the wounds; that she knew well. "No,..I suppose I never thought of it as art." She shrugged. "I just like clothes. Why, do you paint?" JIAO Some girls fight hard Some face the trial Some girls were just meant to smile