How Fiona's doing
I talked with her last night about how she's doing. We were given a prescription at the Emergency Room for OMG INTENSE DRUGS, but she's just been managing with Tylenol. She talked with our karate instructor last night. As she pointed out, the blow to the head certainly wasn't welcome, but after all, she's taken THOUSANDS of blows to the head. Of course, usually she's wearing a sparring helmet! But unlike most American girls her age, the sight of a punch coming toward her doesn't exactly rock her world on its axis.
And it's not as if her innocence has been shattered, either. That happened, she said, when she was eight, the time her scooter got stolen. No, what's bothering her the most was the personal things that she lost with her purse. It bothers her that she doesn't have her student ID anymore, and that in fact she lost all THREE of her student IDs--she has been, a bit sentimentally, carrying every one she'd gotten each year. The silver pen she lost was her cool Slayer pen; it had a knife built into it. I think she got it at Convergence previously, actually. She's hoping that the same dealer will be there in the Dealer's Room and she'll be able to replace it (and if she does manage to replace it, I'll have to warn her to never try to take it on an airplane). We'll have to get her a new purse and wallet, and elisem said she might be able to give her a rock to carry in her purse. Which apparently Fiona has to have, or her purse will not be properly anchored or something.
So she's doing okay.
And it's not as if her innocence has been shattered, either. That happened, she said, when she was eight, the time her scooter got stolen. No, what's bothering her the most was the personal things that she lost with her purse. It bothers her that she doesn't have her student ID anymore, and that in fact she lost all THREE of her student IDs--she has been, a bit sentimentally, carrying every one she'd gotten each year. The silver pen she lost was her cool Slayer pen; it had a knife built into it. I think she got it at Convergence previously, actually. She's hoping that the same dealer will be there in the Dealer's Room and she'll be able to replace it (and if she does manage to replace it, I'll have to warn her to never try to take it on an airplane). We'll have to get her a new purse and wallet, and elisem said she might be able to give her a rock to carry in her purse. Which apparently Fiona has to have, or her purse will not be properly anchored or something.
So she's doing okay.