[ They both know the answer and the conversation is going too nicely for Vanya to ruin it with the truth. Won't bring herself to mention just how little she's felt a part of this family. Maybe there's some small blessing in not being foremost under Sir Reginald's microscope but lucky? To always be on the outside looking in? To be the mistake brushed under the rug and forgotten about?
It's not a reality you adapt to without a hollow place inside your chest. ]
[ allison's grateful vanya lets it go. although it'd all been dad, she knows they've all had their part to play. as they've gotten older and become wiser, understanding what reginald had been saying ... they had their chances to rectify the damage that was caused. allison's grateful it hasn't been too late for her. ]
She's tried recorder, xylophone, guitar, piano. The last two seem to stick every now and then.
Asked for an astronaut suit to be more like Luther. Started speaking to the bears in her room like they were ghosts because of Klaus. Now it's a violin to be more like you.
[ There's never a too late— Not when this is something Vanya's wanted for so long that she wouldn't be able to say no even if she tried. Something that has her smiling at her phone almost wide enough for her face to hurt. ]
It's a good age to start from. Learning comes easier when you're that young. I'm no expert but. If she wants tips you can always
[ She cuts herself off because subject change is safer, haha. This is nice, it's good, and she doesn't want to step too far into it before the door gets shut in her face. ]
[ don't think allison doesn't notice when vanya breaks off her sentence — her very kind and generous offer. a part of allison is hurt by it, but then she realises that it's warranted. none of them have been particularly kind to vanya, and her sister has always been the type to stick to her corner, always worrying if she's overstepping.
she's not, not at all. ]
She's tried throwing knives. I gave her plastic ones to toss at the wall. Now she's wearing all black and trying to cut a line through her eyebrow. She thinks he's very cool for that.
[ diego, the brother who claire thinks broods too much. ]
Claire would love to learn how to hold a violin correctly from you.
[ did she really think allison was going to let that thread go? ]
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It's not a reality you adapt to without a hollow place inside your chest. ]
Music phases, huh. Does she play anything?
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She's tried recorder, xylophone, guitar, piano. The last two seem to stick every now and then.
Asked for an astronaut suit to be more like Luther. Started speaking to the bears in her room like they were ghosts because of Klaus. Now it's a violin to be more like you.
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It's a good age to start from. Learning comes easier when you're that young. I'm no expert but. If she wants tips you can always
[ She cuts herself off because subject change is safer, haha. This is nice, it's good, and she doesn't want to step too far into it before the door gets shut in her face. ]
I wonder how she's gonna work Diego in there.
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she's not, not at all. ]
She's tried throwing knives. I gave her plastic ones to toss at the wall. Now she's wearing all black and trying to cut a line through her eyebrow. She thinks he's very cool for that.
[ diego, the brother who claire thinks broods too much. ]
Claire would love to learn how to hold a violin correctly from you.
[ did she really think allison was going to let that thread go? ]