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 Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:26 pm
Selene managed not to make a face as her mother told the very personal story about how she had had a crush before meeting and marrying her father. She wasn't interested in hearing about her mother's love life and she would have loved to yell how it wasn't the same. She knew the history of the pride, especially the recent history- it was part of why she had to have a guard follow her around everywhere. Alcmene had been queen, her mother was never going to be queen.
"I said-"
Her voice started out louder and more frustrated than she intended but she paused and lowered her voice, speaking more calmly when she continued.
"I'll keep it in mind."
Clearly Selene was now trying to end the conversation.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:42 pm
Lela wanted so desperately to remind her daughter that she was not yet an adult, but she dropped it. This conversation was over. And it had not at all ended with the preferred outcome. She stood, straightened herself out, and stared at Selene. "Very well." She nodded her head and took a few steps past her daughter, away from the family den. "I'll see you later."
She needed to regroup her thoughts and come up with another way to tackle this situation. Their conversation had that feeling of incompleteness, like there was another stage coming soon, a potentially worse one. She needed Thoth, and that was exactly where she was going to go. Her daughter would see that this was how things had to be, it would just take more than originally thought.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:55 pm
As soon as her mother turned to go, Selene's emotions came bubbling up to the surface. Her tail swayed madly behind her, her eyes were narrowed after her mother and her lip quivered like she might cry.. but it was mainly the result of frustration and the sense that she wasn't being trusted to make her own decisions.
Selene was sure she could choose for herself just fine, she could convince her parents and pride whatever she wanted was best. Right now there was nothing to worry about, the complexities that would follow an official relationship with Mazin were a major impediment in actually getting into a relationship. Her parents butting in now was clearly, to Selene, an exercise of control. A test of her confidence.
Frustrated, she turned away from the family den and stormed off.
Fin.
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