Choices and options are a new luxury for Ren and in the presence of adults, she was uncertain how it would continue. There was a certain worth to knowing what families were like and listening to how they banter, watching their every move and gesture to each other and understanding there's an unspoken level of comfort between them that she knows she's never felt long enough to fully grasp. It's why she just wants to watch. Seto and her may have come close to that point, she thinks. But they weren't family. It's not the same.
And as Taako speaks, she realize they aren't like the doctors that planned out every hour of her day. They aren't like the lab techs that told her where to sit, where to stand and how long she could play with blocks before they would shove her into a machines for the good of the project and-
They aren't like that at all and maybe it's Lup's smile that settles the few worries that remain in the wake of Taako's explanation.
"It can be like that?" The smile returns to her face quicker than before and her fingers loosen against the straps of her bag. And it's not a real answer yet again, in the sense of saying 'I'll stay' or 'I don't want to be alone anymore' which are the words itching to come out, but-
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And as Taako speaks, she realize they aren't like the doctors that planned out every hour of her day. They aren't like the lab techs that told her where to sit, where to stand and how long she could play with blocks before they would shove her into a machines for the good of the project and-
They aren't like that at all and maybe it's Lup's smile that settles the few worries that remain in the wake of Taako's explanation.
"It can be like that?" The smile returns to her face quicker than before and her fingers loosen against the straps of her bag. And it's not a real answer yet again, in the sense of saying 'I'll stay' or 'I don't want to be alone anymore' which are the words itching to come out, but-
"Can we draw together tomorrow?"