- Nov 22, 2014
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Cosette had never been to school? Aranea raised her eyebrows a little at that. The conversation moved on, but gears turned in her head: should she say something about that? What would she even say? She didn't want to make Cosette feel bad about it, or tell her how to live her life.
Aranea laughed a little at Cosette's backtracking and apologizing. Cosette was so worried about saying something wrong - it was precious. Adorable, even. "No, you're right, I'm sure they would be proud of me, too. My moms were really supportive. I only said that because I was a menace when I was a kid. It's probably hard for them to imagine me being the responsible one. Or working with teachers who remember how I was back then."
... That deserved some explanation didn't it? "I was a really different person back then," she said. It was a good place to start. "I like to think I just... hadn't learned impulse control yet. So if someone made me mad enough, sometimes I would tie them up in web and stick them up on a ceiling somewhere. Or up in a tree. And I'd just leave them there until someone came to take them down." She snickered. "It's a miracle I didn't get kicked out." She could laugh about it now, but that was definitely on the table back then. She'd come a long way.
Aranea laughed a little at Cosette's backtracking and apologizing. Cosette was so worried about saying something wrong - it was precious. Adorable, even. "No, you're right, I'm sure they would be proud of me, too. My moms were really supportive. I only said that because I was a menace when I was a kid. It's probably hard for them to imagine me being the responsible one. Or working with teachers who remember how I was back then."
... That deserved some explanation didn't it? "I was a really different person back then," she said. It was a good place to start. "I like to think I just... hadn't learned impulse control yet. So if someone made me mad enough, sometimes I would tie them up in web and stick them up on a ceiling somewhere. Or up in a tree. And I'd just leave them there until someone came to take them down." She snickered. "It's a miracle I didn't get kicked out." She could laugh about it now, but that was definitely on the table back then. She'd come a long way.
Cosette did not miss the way Aranea raised her eyebrows, when she passingly mentioned she never went to school. Cosette could feel slight shame over herself, maybe Aranea thought less of her now. Cosette, of course, wanted to try and go to school. But there were more important things she should do right now, and she could live without it.