THERE I WAS, MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, NOT EVEN WATCHING THE DARN MOVIE...

[flower_power]

Um, excuse me? Mun?

It's not that I don't appreciate everything you want to do for me, it's just... well....

Are you really sure that's the best place for me? Mother would be furious. And... and I think she might be right. It doesn't really sound safe. And, as nice as it would be not to have to worry so much about my hair... it's part of me. This power... it's part of me. And it's what makes me... special. [She starts finger combing a small section that she pulls over her shoulder, nervously.]

Besides, it's almost my birthday. Couldn't you, oh, wait another few months? Or years, maybe?

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[thetrueme]

Your mother can suck it. If you do have a gift, it doesn't need to be hid, even if in protection.

[flower_power]

But....

You just said she was right about how the world is.

[thetrueme]

Yeah, so? I also said that everyone lives in that world and goes out in it. Why should one person have to be shielded from the world when there are dozens of other people living and suffering out in it? Shutting yourself out of life in the world just makes you an outcast.