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She frowns slightly for a moment before smoothing it over, she’d garnered a reputation as unstoppable and unkillable for the Mindfang trial. It didn’t mean she walked into damage, just that it wouldn’t stop her. She returns the nuzzle, the action bringing her focus back to fore.

She notices the brief change in her sister's demeanor but she doesn't react to it, too busy keeping herself from wandering down memory lane. But then her sister is returning the affection and that's something to focus on.

{ “don’t you know. jiejie. we’re pyropes. getting hurt is what we do. hurt. or be hurt...” }

Perhaps not the best view on things, but... not an entirely inaccurate one in her opinion. Her sister is getting better at the comforting thing. It’s nice? Yes, it’s nice. She briefly nuzzles against the other woman before speaking again. 

{ “You don’t want pity, fine, then quit acting like a wiggler. If you want people to respect you, then you can’t get angry and stomp out of here like a petulant pupa. It means you can’t go and hide for days instead of dealing with the problem. It means you have to actually talk about it or do something about it instead of dancing around the issue or hoping someone will guess.” }

She’s not shouting, she doesn’t have to, and she isn’t snarling either. She cared about Latula, but she wasn’t going to be talked down to.

{ “Kankri cares about you, I care about you, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Kanaya does too. You still have to fly your own skies. You have things you want to fix? Find a solution and fix it. Giving up is not a solution. Running and hiding is not a solution. Soporifics are not a solution. If you want someone else to find you a solution, then ask. If you can’t muster the globes to ask, then you’re going to be pitied. If you don’t want that, then you have to do something about it.” }

She shakes her head, walking around the desk and pulling Latula into a tight hug.

She frowns slightly, standing up as well. She expected this sort of behavior out of wigglers, but not Latula. Especially given that it was Kanaya they were talking about, not a high-blood who could cull her for falling out of a quadrant.

She snaps her answer, before turning sharply on her heels towards the door, her glasses remaining where she placed them on the desk. After a few steps she whips back around. 

She certainly hoped that this wasn’t going to be like the wigglers calling themselves mobsters, but she’d been surprised before by how ridiculous supposedly grown and pupated adults could be. Considering these two were her Matesprit and ‘sister’, it would be a disappointing turn though.

{ “Anyway. You visited before you two were in a quadrant, and she barely knew you. If it gets messy, you might need to give her some space for a while, but it wouldn’t be forever. Did something happen to make you think this was going to be a big thing?” }

Continuing this conversation is increasingly looking like it’s not going to cause anything but trouble. Which means that she should just... cease conversation. So she stands up, not quite leaving yet, but definitely suggesting that she’s going to momentarily. 

Actually, she knew that Latula hadn’t talked to Kanaya because she’d had eyes on both of them for weeks. It really made conversations like these sort of pointless, but she was willing to entertain them anyway, if only to keep the peace.

{ “The important part is talking to Kanaya, then you can figure out where you are and where to go from there. If you can’t figure it out, or you need a hand, I’ll help. You won’t get anywhere if you don’t start at the beginning though.” }

Part of her is irked that her sister isn’t saying or doing something more? But then she’s not really sure what she expected. Her sister isn’t wrong, she should talk to Kanaya about the things. 

{ “i just. i don’t want to lose you. or her. and that could happen. if she doesn’t hate me.. or like me... or something me.” }

If they don't hate each other. That's not really the issue. She's not really looking forward to a messy break up. But all in all it wouldn't be the worst thing. She just doesn't want to be kicked out of the room. Or lose the only logical pailing partner on the station. 

{ “yeah. a kanaya thing.” } 

Maybe she shouldn’t talk to her sister about this. Things with Kanaya and Redglare and her were complicated... Well. Maybe not. But. It still feels weird to ask her sister for advice about her Matesprit. But there’s not really anyone else to talk to about it anyway.. This isn’t saying the thing. 

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