[She hesitates, as a tiny revelation of her own sparks in the back of her mind, and her expression melts into something just a touch more surprised as she seems to mull it over like a child turning over rocks along a garden path.]
But not enough to try to take you away from them, either.
[There's one last thought that makes it right to the tip of her tongue — maybe you guys can just adopt me, too — but she holds that one back after she thinks about it on a second pass. It's — it ruins it, somehow, by giving her something in return. The point isn't to get something; in a way, it's better when she doesn't.
Never have I ever, she thinks fleetingly, caught myself taking the selfless option, since I started calling myself a witch.]
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[She hesitates, as a tiny revelation of her own sparks in the back of her mind, and her expression melts into something just a touch more surprised as she seems to mull it over like a child turning over rocks along a garden path.]
But not enough to try to take you away from them, either.
[There's one last thought that makes it right to the tip of her tongue — maybe you guys can just adopt me, too — but she holds that one back after she thinks about it on a second pass. It's — it ruins it, somehow, by giving her something in return. The point isn't to get something; in a way, it's better when she doesn't.
Never have I ever, she thinks fleetingly, caught myself taking the selfless option, since I started calling myself a witch.]