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Class Log #001, 14 June 2066 (Monday)

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[prismed]

[ You're not the only one who's happy to see your teacher, and not the only one who is - at least for the moment - happy to listen.

Kitty was pretty excited over the idea of getting to study under Uncle Hikaru. Uncle Brig used to talk all the time about how Uncle Hikaru was such a great teacher, and Kitty kind of already knew that a bit from her own experiences too? And now she gets to study under him. owo

Oh, but... huh. The girl beside her. She kind of knows her? Blinking at Lyall for a bit, and then tentatively leaning in. ]

Um... hello?

[lyall]

[ Forgive her, Kitty. She did not notice you in her previous classes, distracted as she was with the fluttering feeling in her stomach to do well. She does not notice you now because her eyes are focused only on one, too happy as she was to see her King in the same room as her.

When you say hello though, she blinks your way.

You are the girl from the house beside Josh's. The one she has glimpsed from the window at times.

She should say hello right back... yes? u-u ]

[prismed]

[ Oh, yay! ]

Hello, I'm Kitty. [ Smiling at now. ] I think we're neighbors?

[ She's seen you a few times before, but it was always from a distance. Mom mentioned your name, maybe...? Started with an L??? ]

[lyall]

H... [ not too soft now, you can speak up a little better than that. ] Hello.

[ She's also nodding, and shyly at that. ] I am Lyall. And yes, we are.

[ UM. ] Josh speaks of you fondly. [ Was that the right thing to say??? ]

[prismed]

Of course he does! I'm his favorite!

[ ...She is not so secretly glowing with pride at being told this, though. ]

It's nice to meet you, Lyall. Uncle Hikaru is your guardian, right?

[lyall]

[ u-u She is so nice... She can see why you would be Josh's favorite. ]

It is good to meet you too. [ UM. Ducking her head now. ] H... he is. Yes.

[prismed]

[ :O ]

That must be really nice! Uncle Hikaru's very generous with friends and family.

[lyall]

[ It is more than nice, it is something she is so grateful for; and yes, she has noticed that he really is generous to those he cares for: the Kings, the Three Blades, the Hounds, Zangyaku -- and so many others. She had known right from the moment she stepped over the border of the Lightless Lands that the King she would meet was a man clearly beloved by his people.

And then she had realized that she had been with that man all along. ]

You call him... 'Uncle'. [ The smile on her lips trembles just a little.

That means you are considered family... yes? After all, the Seer did say that Josh's own family viewed you and your mother as one of their own. ]

[prismed]

Uh-huh! It's 'coz Uncle Brig calls him Brother, and Uncle Brig is more like my dad in a way? So that makes Uncle Hikaru, Uncle Hikaru.

[ Simple logic is simple. ]

[lyall]

[ It must be nice to know that Some Things Just Are. But then again, it seems like everyone knows their roots, their past, and the history they are a part of.

Lyall's not aware that there's a sad tilt to her mouth at this point. ]

[prismed]

[ Blinking, confused. Did she say something bad...?

UM. ]

S-so! What are you going to ask Uncle Hikaru?

[lyall]

[ You didn't say anything wrong Kitty, really. It's just that you're getting her to think more on her own circumstances and how she feels about them.

The Marquis had told her that she needed to know things, that she needed to think and learn. She wants to do that, and well, and she is realizing that there are things she does not know about herself. ]

I am not sure. [ There is one thing though. The thought has come to her often enough, as she watched everyone else move among family.

Lips pressing into a line at first. Perhaps she can ask you what you think first? But how to go about it is the question. ]

Is it just you and your mother in the house next door?

[prismed]

No, a girl named Sally Brea stays with us too. Sometimes, her big sister Eve is around, but Eve travels a lot.

[ Then, with an even bigger smile: ]

And sometimes - just sometimes - Uncle Brig comes home.

memory recall re: what she's heard about brigade: int (1) + comp (4) = 4,4,9,7,2 [1 success]

[lyall]

[ She can see the way you're lighting up at the mention of your Uncle Brigade, but largely on that bit about him coming home. To her recollection, she can only remember one instance where she'd heard about your Uncle: her King was on the phone and Josh had glanced over to laugh out a greeting while he fixed them dinner.

That was a Sunday some months ago, and she had been sitting by the stairs with Mitsuru on her lap, quietly observing the two men as they moved around each other. ]

Why... [ that's murmured softly as she turns to face the other girl properly. ] Why is your Uncle never home?

[prismed]

Oh, he's busy saving people like him. He's also trying to become human.

[ Saying it like it's no big deal, and mostly because it's difficult to think about sometimes? She misses Uncle Brig a lot, but she gets why the Pilgrimage is important. Uncle An'yu and Uncle Kaien sat her down and explained it one time. ]

[lyall]

[ She... does not quite understand.

Forgive her, Kitty. Things like this are a little new to her. She will readily confess as well that she is nowhere near as smart as you. ]

Um, [ this is going to sound really awkward. ] Why is he trying to become human?

[ It is clear in her tone that she did not thing supernaturals could do that. ]

[prismed]

Because he's a Promethean. He doesn't want to be a monster, and he wants to help other Prometheans out by showing them that humanity is possible.

[ She doesn't understand all of it, of course, but she doesn't have to? It seems to matter a lot to Uncle Brig. ]

[lyall]

[ Her brow is furrowing as she tries to work it out in her head. This is one of the things she should probably ask the adults to explain. The Kaiser is one option but she is reluctant to inquire if it will mean that she is disturbing Ma'am Delacroix.

Maybe she will ask Rin. He seems exceptionally smart. He is also a mage.

Offering what she hopes is a smile now. ]

Your Uncle seems like a very noble man to wish to help his kind in such a way.

[ And then, softer: ] I hope he comes home to you soon.

[ ( Because promises like that should be kept. )

There is an ache in her chest again and she glances up briefly to where her King is before she ducks her head again. ]

[prismed]

I hope so too! Maybe when he does, you can come over and meet him.

[ Oh, oh, oh. ]

So what are you going to ask Uncle Hikaru?

[lyall]

[ She would... like that. Your uncle seems like a pleasant man.

Blinking at that question though... ]

I... [ the hesitation is clear on her face. When she speaks again, her voice is much softer than before. ] It is about my... mother.

[ It sounds so foreign on her lips, especially when the face she tries to conjure up refuses to come. All she remembers is a voice and words and the sense of a promise that she would not be alone before night fell. ]

[prismed]

What about?

[ Genuinely curious, especially since she can't help but notice the way Lyall looks right now. ]

[lyall]

[ There's a part of her that wonders why you're so curious. It makes her uncomfortable, all this attention you've been directing her way.

You've been so nice though so... ]

I do not remember much of her. [ Looking down at her hands now. ] I do not even know if the voice I sometimes dream about belongs to a woman I can call my mother.

[ It is always the same: a hand to her cheek, a promise. The rest she remembers is the sound and smell of rain. ]

[prismed]

[ Wow that's all pretty serious. :0 ]

You should ask him. I'm sure Uncle Hikaru knows something.

[ He's really, really smart! ]

[lyall]

[ There's a moment of discomfort. It is largely because she wonders if this should even matter... and also because a little part of her is afraid to know. ]

Perhaps... later.

[ She's barely realized that she's whispering that. ]

[prismed]

Why not now? No one's asking stuff again!

[ Their other classmates were talking to each other about some interesting thing or another. ]