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Fey: Very well. When you return home tonight, your mother will be in pristine health again. It will be like she never fell ill at all. Even the memory of her suffering will fade...

Human: Thank you so much. She means everything to me.

Fey: I know, I know. Let's hope the price wasn't too much for you after all... Only time will tell.

Human: So, when do we start?

Fey: ...If I may ask you to elaborate?

Human: You said you wanted my firstborn.

Fey: Yes? And you agreed?

Human: Yeah, so, when do we start?

Fey:

Cursive is an outdated practice and one usually INSISTED by those of upper echelons. All the ‘best’ looking autographs are done with cursive. It looks more formal, more special.

However, we, as children, most likely hated it, because it goes against our natural love of things we can actually read or process. These letters are not clear or easy to do; when we learn cursive, we do not have the dexterity to learn it, so it’s pretty awful to make small children learn this when they’ve yet to master being able to pronounce their ‘th’s’ instead of as ‘t’s’.

So imagine a posh boarding school sort of deal. Making kids learn this archaic practice in torture. You’re an orphan, a street rat even, brought in to become like all these posh little jerks at the behest of your sponsor. You have to become as good as them -- hell, BETTER. You work hard, you pretend to be happy and great at something that makes your hand cramp just doing it ONCE a day. Your flourishes are beautiful; they’re intricate and legible. Your handwriting is perfection.

But it’s not you. It’s not all the edges you’re used to. Hard edges that represent you more than these soft curves really do. You were a kid from the street, not raised in soft comfort like these namby-pampy rich bastards. But you’ll play their game, because you know the alternative.

But in the end, you much prefer the harder edges. The clarity of your sense of self with every blocky letter you used to write. Because that’s you. That’s something that belongs to you, your sense of identity.

But honestly I do want to be around everyone again and more. One person shot me a message and I am trying to be around and about more everywhere.