seven ✩

[advocacies]

[ it's been a week since the children were rescued. a week of the paranoia, fear and intensity simmering down and everyone being able to relax again... at least until the next Big Bad showed its ugly face

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[hatesdolls]

[BRB ruining that peaceful and happy.]

God, is there always someone out here?

[hatesdolls]

I didn't say I wanted to. Just that it's not a big deal.

[She'll just sit down. Still looking Karen over.]

[advocacies]

[ did she hear that right? what is up with the kids in this place... ]

It is a big deal. Coming back or not, you're too young to be apathetic toward something like that.

[hatesdolls]

I'm seventeen. Don't say that like I'm a child.

[advocacies]

[ she thinks about courtney and atlee for a moment. ]

How long have you been here?

[hatesdolls]

About three years and three months. [She shrugs. NOT THAT SHE'S COUNTING OR ANYTHING.]

[advocacies]

[ she was fourteen when she arrived. christ. ]

Don't you miss home?

[hatesdolls]

[Quickly:] No.

[... maybe home before Third Impact, but even then...]

[advocacies]

Really?

[hatesdolls]

Really. Not everyone comes from Happy-Go-Lucky Land.

[advocacies]

Never said that.

[hatesdolls]

A lot of people who are so intent on finding a way home for everyone forget that a good number of people actually prefer it here.

[advocacies]

Don't you have family or friends back home?

[hatesdolls]

Not anymore.

[The ground is interesting, no?]

[advocacies]

[ feeling guilty now. ]

I'm sorry to hear that, but you know... it doesn't have to end there. Maybe when you return home, you'll make new friends and they might become something like family.

[hatesdolls]

[A flat look.]

There's not anyone there.