[It takes her a moment to fully embrace, it seems, what it is they're suggesting. If her prior state did not confirm their willingness to allow her alongside them, then the lengthy pause in which she appears to silently digest the offer certainly does.]
[It is all too familiar a notion - the idea that they are unwanted, and that their presence is little more than a burden. That, they can understand.]
[Children should not understand that feeling.]
drifter.
[Then they do an odd thing.]
[They form a V-shape with their forefinger and thumb, holding the peculiar arrangement up to the mantle covering the lower half of their face.]
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[It is all too familiar a notion - the idea that they are unwanted, and that their presence is little more than a burden. That, they can understand.]
[Children should not understand that feeling.]
drifter.
[Then they do an odd thing.]
[They form a V-shape with their forefinger and thumb, holding the peculiar arrangement up to the mantle covering the lower half of their face.]
[It's a smile. You see?]