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# a = Narrator
# T = Thidria
# t = Tashen
# j = Josefine
# k = Kina
# s = Serra
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a"\"I'd like to meet your family, but...\" The girl said,"
T"I don't want to be seen by anyone else."
a"Thidria looks to me swiftly, in realization."
T"You live with your sister, a little boy, and a friend, right?"
T"Can you tell me their names?"
t"..."
t"That's right. It's okay, Thidria- you have to know don't you?"
t"My sister's Kina, the boy is Keith, and Josefine is my friend."
T"I see..."
a"\"Also,\" I added,"
t"a small girl visits us at times."
T"A small girl?"
t"Her name is Serra."
T"..."
a"Silently, the white haired girl thinks, searching every corner of her mind for anyone named \"Serra\"."
a"She smiles slowly... and I watch as she feels at ease."
T"Okay, I think I'd like to meet her too."
a"---"
a"\"Welcome home, Tashen.\" Josefine greeted as I came through the door."
t"Hello, Josie."
a"She beams at my hello, and at the sight of a girl standing slightly obscured behind me."
j"Oh, and you have a friend with you."
t"Mhm."
a"I step aside and let them meet properly."
j"Hello."
a"Thidria bows her head a little before looking back to her."
T"Hello. It's nice to meet you."
a"Josefine nods, and becomes quiet and calmly happy, as is her way."
j"Would you like something to eat?"
a"Thidria seems confused by this. She eventually smiles and says,"
T"Thank you... but I'm not hungry."
j"Oh..."
a"\"Um,\" Thidira starts, awkwardly,"
T"What's your name?"
a"Josefine blushes, thinking how rude it was for her not to have introduced herself right away. Thinking about this, I can't help but feel warm inside."
j"My name is Josefine, but, you can call me Josie if you'd like."
a"Thidria looks happy at this."
T"My name's Thidria."
a"I told Josie about Thidria so she knew that already, but she nods regardless."
T"..."
j"What a nice name."
a"Thidria doesn't know what to make of this compliment."
T"Thanks, you too."
a"---"
a"Before long, Serra arrives, and Keith comes running happily to greet her. He was pretty shocked to see a new girl there, too, and so was Serra."
a"Josefine and I watched them talk excitedly from a distance... It was nice to see all these kids getting along and playing together."
a"Serra and Thidria can be so serious in their own ways, but Keith is always so happy."
a"I think... being around him reminds the others that they're both still children."
a"Thidria seems to feel awkward around him, and Serra shows that as well, but after a while, Serra and him connect."
a"... Does Thidria not like being treated like a kid?"
a"Whenever I talk with her, I always talk to her like she's someone much older."
t"..."
a"Keith talks to them about some of the times he's had and tells the girls jokes. Serra giggles happily."
a"Very gradually, I see Thidria warm up and hear her starting to laugh along with the others."
a"I sigh."
a"I'm so glad they can still laugh."
a"Kina quietly comes out of her room and joins us."
a"I... guess she isn't completely better."
a"She was probably sleeping or trying to calm down from a headache... though, now she seems just like herself."
a"She smiles at the kids before smirking at Josefine."
k"Do kids just spawn around you, Josie?"
a"Josefine tries not to giggle, shaking her head with a smile as her cheeks turn red."
a"Kina grins, and after a while, she speaks to me."
k"Who is she?"
t"Her name's Thidria. I found her- or, rather, she found me- near the beach one day."
t"She stopped me and took me to her place where she gave me some clean water."
k"Oh, so that's her?"
t"Mhm."
k"..."
a"She looks at her for a while... just watching."
k"From the way you talked about her I thought she'd be our age, but I guess she's just a little thing, huh?"
t"Yup."
k"..."
a"I hear her mumble something under her breath, softly... and I strain to hear her subtle words over the chatter and laughs of the kids."
k"... I guess kids die if they don't grow up in times like this..."
a"My heart sinks."
t"..."
a"Kina keeps her eyes fixed on the white haired girl... Then, Serra notices her."
s"Kina!"
a"Serra's maroon dress sways around her legs as she runs to us, and as she does, Kina says something quietly to me."
k"They both came to see you, you wallflower."
a"Serra clings to Kina tightly, her head just going past her waist."
a"Kina smiles and puts her hand on the small child's golden head..."
k"Hey there. \"Serra\", right?"
a"That's right... they're meeting now for the first time."
a"The blond girl squeezes her affectionately."
a"... She keeps on squeezing, for what seems like a long... long time. Holding her so close like a teddy bear that she thought she'd lost."
k"W-what is it?"
s"..."
k"..."
a"Kina's heart warms up slowly, and her plastic smile fades as Serra holds her like that. Eventually, she kneels down and puts her arms around her in return..."
s"You really did get better..."
a"Their arms unlock, and Kina looks at the girl with a strange face... one that looks like an angel just touched her heart."
a"Serra shares the same expression."
a"... Then, Kina nods, and gives the kid a smile."
k"Of course I got better. You think getting a little sick would be the end of me, girly?"
a"She rustles her hair, and Serra grins as she shuts her eyes."
a"Little tears come for a moment... and when it's over, she brushes them off hastily with her sleeve."
a"Serra steps back before turning to me, still beaming. She doesn't know what to say, but she doesn't have to say anything."
a"This isn't a time to talk about much of anything at all, it's just time to be together."
a"... Everything goes quiet..."
a"Everything..."
a"---"
T"I like Serra."
t"That's good."
T"She seems like a really nice person..."
t"Yeah..."
T"..."
a"We walk for a little longer in silence... just me and her as we walk back to her home in the golden sunlight."
a"The soft crunching of the gravel under our feet fills the air, and the light shines off of this girl's head."
a"Softly, we walk onward."
a"Softly, she says nothing."
a"I want to ask her what's on her mind. But right now... she's thinking."
a"She's always thinking... and I've learned over time that if she wants to tell me something, it will be important, and it will be on her terms."
a"It'll be a question that she's ready to ask, or something else that she's ready to tell me."
a"I think I'm starting to understand."
a"This is... the kind of world that surrounds me."
a"I understand..."
a"Slowly, I walk her home, without any words but our goodbyes and sweet dreams."
a"---"