[ Well, he's not wrong. But, that didn't often stop people from reacting poorly to someone touching an already highly sensitive patch of skin. She works quickly, coating the area before responding. ]
Yes, learned to make it as a child. [ She leaves out the fact that she often got herself into fights, usually with people bigger than herself, or run off into meadows and climbed over things someone in a dress shouldn't. ] Orphanages aren't exactly the most gentle of places in Ravka.
[ Especially when they were being prepared to join a war that started long before any of them had been born -- a war that had impacted most of them. Had created hatred and prejudices too large for a child to understand or work through, simplified into an 'us versus them' mentality. ]
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Yes, learned to make it as a child. [ She leaves out the fact that she often got herself into fights, usually with people bigger than herself, or run off into meadows and climbed over things someone in a dress shouldn't. ] Orphanages aren't exactly the most gentle of places in Ravka.
[ Especially when they were being prepared to join a war that started long before any of them had been born -- a war that had impacted most of them. Had created hatred and prejudices too large for a child to understand or work through, simplified into an 'us versus them' mentality. ]