homophonic ❆ ylfa

[bindings]

ylfa

Monster to monster.

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[honkinbigteeth]

You were good at that.

[bindings]

[eyebrow raise]

Good at what?

[honkinbigteeth]

Um...I don't know. Handling all of that? Not letting people make you feel bad. I get stuck on that. I don't like to disappoint people.

[bindings]

[oh. she pauses, and then settles next to ylfa.]

I don't like to disappoint people I care about. [she says, honestly.] But you are right. I don't allow people to speak to me however they want.

[honkinbigteeth]

[she didn't let them insist it was mean to take the pipa and she respected that, but under similar circumstances she probably would have caved.]

I suppose that's the sort of confidence that comes with maturity. Or I hope that it is.

[bindings]

[it comes with being raised by a bird with an attitude problem but honestly shenhe doesn't have the wisdom to tell her this, so instead:]

You'll learn it. I did. [...] You should practice it, if you want to be better at it.

[honkinbigteeth]

Practice being rude...?

[bindings]

[a

pause]

Is that being rude? [oops]

[honkinbigteeth]

Well. [oops.] When an adult tells me to do something, or not to do something, my inclination is that it's rude to tell them no.

What were you meaning? What should I practice?

[bindings]

Just because they're an adult doesn't mean they're right.

[folds her arms.] Practice saying no. Practice telling people that you don't want to, or that you do want to.

[a pause.] Don't hurt yourself in the process. [you can hurt other people tho she dgaf about that]

1/2

[honkinbigteeth]

No. I'll hurt myself if I want to.

2/2

[honkinbigteeth]

[...ahhh.]

That felt very rebellious!

[bindings]

[THIS IS SO FUNNY

shenhe actually like, laughs? it's more like a heh because she's an edgelord, but she clearly approves.]

Good. That's something to be proud of.

[honkinbigteeth]

[oh. she got a laugh and praise.]

I'll practice. Thanks, Shenhe.