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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:01 am
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"Huh." Now that Arima had mentioned it, Talori had to admit that she didn't know much about her mother's ancestry, or heritage, so to speak. Lori knew that Malila had no contact with anyone from her homeland, no parents or siblings to speak of... It was part of the reason Lila felt no need to travel. But having a heritage was more than just relatives. There was culture in it too, and that felt like something Lila should be interested in showing their daughter. It would be something Lori was interested in seeing, anyway... But the aged and blind Water woman likely didn't care about any of that, anymore.
It stood that Lori did still want to see it, but perhaps she would wait for 'one day' and go without her mother. Not that her father had ever spoken of any interest in Matori, either... She supposed there was little reason for former slaves to return to the land they'd been abducted from.
"One day," she murmured softly. "Maybe for both of us." Her and Arima both, since it sounded like her new friend had once had thoughts of seeing Matori too...
With a sigh, Talori set her teacup back down to the saucer. It was true that her words worked both ways. Not everyone was going to be nice, but not everyone could be cruel, either, regardless of how it felt in the moment. Not even everyone in her school could be mean, surely. Talori was an easy target to pick on among a group of Obans, but there wasn't a small number of students there... Maybe she just... hadn't met who was to be an accepting friend, yet. Maybe she never would.
But even if she didn't, maybe she would still have opportunity to catch Arima at the teashop. Talori visited as often as would be allowed, so if the other woman did appear once or twice a week, maybe they would be fortunate enough to catch each other at the same time. Then at least Lori would have someone to talk to and complain with.
"I think I'd like it if we found opportunity to meet here," she admitted.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:45 am
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"You could sound a little less surprised," Talori retorted, smiling softly at the note in the other woman's tone that suggested she may have thought Lori wouldn't want to have continued meetings where a rich water lady provided her with tea and treats in between horrible school sessions. Even if they hadn't agreed on everything, it had still been nice to talk to someone civilly and without fear of being ridiculed. Arima probably wasn't exactly the person Talori's mother hoped or even thought she'd make an acquaintance with, but it seemed like a good enough plan in Lori's opinion.
Talori glanced out through the tea shop window toward her school building. The two weren't far apart, and she was already in the habit of making weekly appearances whenever she was allowed, but it did sort of depend on when Malila had the coin to spare, something entirely out of Talori's control.
"No," she admitted, "I don't have a particular day..." But maybe that wouldn't matter too much if they waited until the end of the week every week. Arima and the tea shop could be a nice reward for surviving so long. "Let's try to meet near the end of the week, I suppose." Though she was sure that as a working adult and parent, the other woman probably had a much less flexible schedule than Talori did, herself.
But Arima had been the one to offer meetings, so that seemed irrelevant.
With that thought squared away, Lori took one more of the pastries before rising to her feet. If she dawdled too much longer, she may be late back to class, and if she was late by even a moment, she wouldn't be permitted into the room at all. "It was nice meeting you, and I appreciated the companionship. Thanks for these," she waved a cookie dandily. "But I should be heading back. Until next time, okay?"
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