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Question 1: How Would You Describe Linore Windroe?

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Zephyr: quite sweet, really… she'd let us lie on her bed and sing to us in Greek.

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Octavian: Well, she was my grandma. You know, she loved us. She loved us all. She was a very loving person.

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Ciero: she gave me the wrappers for some hard candies once. That was confusing.

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Favio: I remember one time - she called me her "Elliot"… mom really couldn't handle that.

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Elspeth: my mother was… beyond words. She was an actress. She was a model, a pro-immigration and anti-segregation activist, a mother… She was so many things. It's hard to find just one that defines her.

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Question Two: Favourite Linore Windroe Film?

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Elspeth: Oh, definitely "A Crisp Leaf in Winter". The scene with the train? Gorgeous. She used to sing the songs from it as a lullaby for Mr and my brothers.

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Zephyr: I'd have to say… "London's Letter". The moment where her character realises what is in the envelope… Well, it changed me as a child.

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Octavian: I didn't really watch any of Grandma's movies… Like, there were some that I saw, but none that… oh, God. I'm gonna sound really cruel, but… there were none that really held a place in my heart.  

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Ciero: I remember seeing… She was Ophelia in a production of Hamlet once. It was recorded, and mom showed me it. It really spoke to me.

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Favio: Oh, anything grandma was in, she turned to gold. You can't really pick when it comes to her. But, "Seamstress's Delight" was my… revival, I shall say, in my darkest time.

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Question Three: Do You Have a Favourite Memory of Linore?

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Elspeth: Yes, actually… I was nineteen - Zephyr was only a baby at the time, and I was staying with my mom for some support. I went for a little nap when he was asleep, and when I woke up… right in the corner of my room, my mother was sitting, holding my baby… saying "sweet little Ezzy, my baby boy."

Elspeth: you never think about how much it affected her - my brother's deaths - but it did. To her dying day. 

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Zephyr: I had brought my son to see her for the first time - me and my husband had - and we sat him with her. She looked at him for a moment, and then… she sang. For the first time in nearly a decade, she sang.

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Octavian: Yeah, my daughter came with me to visit her once, and grandma just began to softly style her hair. Brushing it and combing it, as if it were able to fall out with a single touch. Olly loved showing her her comics, and she recognised Batman right away. 

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Ciero: I was about twelve, and we went to see her. I brought my dog with me - a beagle, Marty, my… first best friend - and he lay on her lap the entire time. And in that time, she was the most coherent I ever remember her being. 

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Favio: well, I was sixteen - I had been out for about… two years. And Mom took us to visit her. Well, of course, I expected the worst. You know, deadnaming, calling me mom's name, but instead, she just looked at me and asked who the handsome gentleman was. 

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Question Four: What Impact Did Her Death Have On You?

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Elspeth: I was… lost without her. She was my mom, you know?

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Zephyr: it was heartbreaking, truly. 

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Octavian: I think I entered my worst depressive episode in years…

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Ciero: I… it came at possibly the worst time for me. It just… added a lot of grief onto the pile. And… I broke down. 

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Favio: …I miss my grandmother, every single day.

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Question Five: Are There Any Last Words You Wish You Could Tell Her?

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Zephyr: Thank you, for… everything. 

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Octavian: I'm still hanging on, Grandma. For you and for the little girl you met.

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Ciero: I am finally alive again. Happy. I'm now myself.

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Favio: I made it, Grandma. I'm a designer now.

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