In Which I Do Not Know what Colour the School Is, Please Stop Asking

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[aka continuing threads from the camp move]

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[fourthsaken]

No, I... I wasn't assuming you didn't.

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It's all right. It's an unusual situation.

[fourthsaken]

[shrugs]

Family shit usually is.

[plotless]

I wouldn't really call it . . . that.

[fourthsaken]

[vague hand gestures]

Because of the politics of it all?

[plotless]

No, politics are what could very easily make the situation. . . shitty. Fortunately they rarely enter in to our day to day lives. Not where Prudence is concerned.

[fourthsaken]

That's... good. Complicated, but overall good family situations are pretty rare.

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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up bad memories on your part.

[fourthsaken]

... It's fine. Don't worry about it.

[plotless]

If you say so, but I do thank you for listening to me.

[fourthsaken]

I said don't worry about it. It's kinda refreshing, actually.

[plotless]

It is?

[fourthsaken]

Well, yeah. Your family's not fucked up.

[plotless]

Well, in that case you're welcome. But do tell me if I go on too long. I've never seen myself as a doting mother, but absence might change that.

[fourthsaken]

Aren't all moms like that? Mine was.

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Mine wasn't. Not that I can remember, anyway. Perhaps she appreciated me more when she still had full control over my wardrobe.

[fourthsaken]

Dude, don't get me wrong. It's not like my mom and I didn't fight over stupid shit like what I wore and chores and stuff.

[plotless]

Well, I can't imagine a family without at least a little bit of fight in them. The problem is that wardrobe is one of my mother's major concerns in life. Possibly her reason for living, at this point.

[fourthsaken]

Seriously? No offense, but you know how messed up that is, right?

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Really? I don't think it's that unusual for society ladies.

[fourthsaken]

Do I look like I know anything about that?

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Then trust me on this. She's not a particularly bad person, it's just her life.

[fourthsaken]

Which I can't really judge.

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I'm not exactly non-judgmental.

[fourthsaken]

That could've been your life, right? Pretty sure that gives you room to judge.