Then why should you be expected to uproot your whole life and go with them when everyone and everything you know is right here?
You'd be starting from scratch all over again, surrounded by unfamiliar people who don't know a thing about who you've become since you washed up here.
Gods, even Nettle was like, obviously you're gonna want to go with them, River, gonna miss you, River, isn't that your name, River. I don't know, maybe Aloe's thinking that too. Maybe that is the normal thing to want.
And after I was like, no, why would I want that, was all like...they're super nice people, and they love you, and you shouldn't be shitty about them loving you — when they don't even know me.
I think it's worth getting to know them. Especially if they care about you as much as they claim. But asking you to move in with people who, to you, are complete strangers? That's way too much.
...Aloe probably doesn't, either. Nettle definitely doesn't. And I get it. He got spooked and figured I was just gonna, and then like...wishes his parents were more like those people. Trust me, I wish his parents weren't super assholes, too.
But them being nice or whatever doesn't mean that they get to just, like, start being my parents.
They really are nice. They were mega understanding about basically everything I had to say. If you said what you just told me to them, they'd totally agree. It kind of makes me feel crazy.
They'd just say things like, "we knew this wasn't going to be easy," and "you can adjust for as long as you need," and "we'll accept you no matter what," and...
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Your name was River Waters???
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The sister's Crystal Waters.
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You'll get it when you see them. They're super...cheerful.
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[ fiddles with his necklace as he walks ]
Nothing phases them. It's really — you're not gonna tell me I gotta go back with them or something, right?
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I'm guessing you don't suddenly remember your life with them, right?
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No. Nothing.
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You'd be starting from scratch all over again, surrounded by unfamiliar people who don't know a thing about who you've become since you washed up here.
Isn't that just being cruel to you?
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And after I was like, no, why would I want that, was all like...they're super nice people, and they love you, and you shouldn't be shitty about them loving you — when they don't even know me.
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Holding him in return, tight and warm.]
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I think it's worth getting to know them. Especially if they care about you as much as they claim. But asking you to move in with people who, to you, are complete strangers? That's way too much.
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Also, if Aloe and Nettle are going to be cowards about it, I'll be the selfish one who kicks up a fuss because I don't want you leaving.
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...Aloe probably doesn't, either. Nettle definitely doesn't. And I get it. He got spooked and figured I was just gonna, and then like...wishes his parents were more like those people. Trust me, I wish his parents weren't super assholes, too.
But them being nice or whatever doesn't mean that they get to just, like, start being my parents.
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You're a person, not a plushie they're just grabbing from the lost and found.
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[ sighs ]
They really are nice. They were mega understanding about basically everything I had to say. If you said what you just told me to them, they'd totally agree. It kind of makes me feel crazy.
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Hopefully they really are that nice! But it sounds super weird, you gotta admit.
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