~Nine~

[iffygenes]

I'm not going to school tomorrow. I refuse.

None of them believe me.

Comments

[mothersmemory]

You have to go to school otherwise you'll get in trouble.

[iffygenes]

So?

[theoneattheback]

I'll wake you up whether you're going or not. And I refuse to get into trouble because you didn't go.

[iffygenes]

So. Fine, I'll wake up. I can go to work with you then.

[theoneattheback]

You can't come to work with me.

And I'll get into trouble if you don't go to school.

[iffygenes]

Why not? Your boss seems okay.

Why would you?

[meand_myshadow]

You are refusing an education because a few mortals do not believe where you are from. That, child, is illogical.

[iffygenes]

Not because they didn't believe that. Because they didn't believe other things.

[meand_myshadow]

What else did they not believe?

[iffygenes]

Everything.

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[youandimayshare]

don't believe what?

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[iffygenes]

My name. Or what's going on with the family. Or any of it. Like, if I said I'd rather be called 'Iffy' then Holly they didn't believe me. Or that I'm the eldest even though I'm not.

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[youandimayshare]

iffy is your name?

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[iffygenes]

No, Iphigenia. People call me Iffy for short.

[threetimesaday]

Don't believe what?

[iffygenes]

Anything.

[threetimesaday]

Anything like what?

[iffygenes]

Name, family, where we're from, what's going on, when we're born, all of it.