[It comes out light, like the potential disapproval of Jessica doesn't ache at the back of Alia's throat with every breath. Would she approve of this, of the dalliances of her children, of their attachment to a girl from another world? No, because the purpose, the goal, the Holy War lies languishing in favor of Alia's gifts beneath Alina's bed.
Let her disapprove. She is only here in the echoes Alia carries in her mind, her unasked-for burden. Let Alia ease that lifelong torment as she pleases, with stolen kisses and stolen cake.
The mention of divinity sparks a thought, a curiosity -- are they so alike, in the end? Had the echo of something within Alina been so close to home? The thought is an amusing one, but Alina deflects it with practiced ease, and Alia...does not press it. For the first time in her life, she lets it lie. Let Alina speak it in her own time. Alia finds she doesn't want to push.
Instead:] Because I like you. Because I've forgotten how to be just another girl, and you make me think I could be.
And because Paul is funny when he's trying to beat me at something.
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[It comes out light, like the potential disapproval of Jessica doesn't ache at the back of Alia's throat with every breath. Would she approve of this, of the dalliances of her children, of their attachment to a girl from another world? No, because the purpose, the goal, the Holy War lies languishing in favor of Alia's gifts beneath Alina's bed.
Let her disapprove. She is only here in the echoes Alia carries in her mind, her unasked-for burden. Let Alia ease that lifelong torment as she pleases, with stolen kisses and stolen cake.
The mention of divinity sparks a thought, a curiosity -- are they so alike, in the end? Had the echo of something within Alina been so close to home? The thought is an amusing one, but Alina deflects it with practiced ease, and Alia...does not press it. For the first time in her life, she lets it lie. Let Alina speak it in her own time. Alia finds she doesn't want to push.
Instead:] Because I like you.
Because I've forgotten how to be just another girl, and you make me think I could be.
And because Paul is funny when he's trying to beat me at something.