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[itwillgrow]

[ A little reverse trap crusader is sitting on the grass in the park with a small pile of books surrounding her. They are written for someone younger than she is-lots of full-color illustrations, not much writing-with titles like "A picture history of the 20th century" and "Learning about Europe

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[silvestris_mage]

[Daine spots the books and walks over, seeing a bit of disappointment.]

Did you get those from the library?

[itwillgrow]

Yeah. And they're totally useless. I wanted real books.

[silvestris_mage]

Well, if you need some helpful ones, there's a trick to getting them. Like, I can't get any ones about animal anatomy by myself.

[itwillgrow]

So... what's the trick?

[silvestris_mage]

[She looks around- it's probably not a good idea to broadcast this to everyone.]

You find one of the...well, what they call adults here, but I don't see why they're so adult. And then ask them to get the books for you. Mr. Snicket helps me get mine.

[itwillgrow]

...

[ She doesn't get how that's such a secret. Actually, it seems kind of obvious (if... annoying. Ugh.)]

Can I just ask Kiku?-Uh, my "dad."

[silvestris_mage]

[Daine's kind of oblivious to these thoughts. Well, most things really.]

I suppose. I've never had a real Da about in the house until just a few days ago.

[itwillgrow]

He's not my dad. That's just what the weird people here say. I have a brother, too.

[silvestris_mage]

Well, I don't really have a Da, of course. But here I have a Da and a brother as well.

[itwillgrow]

Same. I don't have any family at all.

[silvestris_mage]

Me neither. My Ma and Grandda died a long time ago, and I never had a Da.

Though my friends are almost the same thing, usually.

[itwillgrow]

I don't really have a lot of allies, either. So are you in a convent or something?

[silvestris_mage]

[Wait, what's a convent? You get a look.]

No, I live in Tortall.

...convent?

[itwillgrow]

Well, you're an orphaned woman.

[silvestris_mage]

I've never heard of convents before. What are they?

...and I'm not orphaned, I've got good friends that look after me.

[itwillgrow]

But you're unmarried, and without family. That's why you'd be in a convent. You know, you live in a place of God because you don't belong anywhere else.