Lyubov frowns, though it's not Erin's words she's frowning at. A moment later, it occurs to her that Erin probably can't read her mind.
Probably.
So she hastens to explain, "take not mine expression for disapproval. Just, nu. I confess like, I expected an angle altogether different. But uhm, like."
Lyubov fidgets with the cuff of one sleeve; it's not that she's scared of Erin, exactly, and more that Erin's attitude has tipped her into talking to the women who raised me mode, which was rather unexpected—as far as she can tell, she and Erin are not that different in age. Certainly, Erin's unlikely to be older than Anzu.
But she's got the air of a hopefully benevolent elderly matriarch. Hence Lyubov's awkwardness.
"Why, like, uh, statistically unfortunate?" she finally asks. It's not that she's not picked up that there's something different about Erin, in the category distinctions between mortals and not-so-mere mortals go—it's that compared to nearly everyone else here, Erin's the one who seems the most normal as far as spiritual energy goes.
She does understand the unspoken part: she and Erin do have something in common. Without that to mitigate the awkwardness somewhat, she'd not have asked such a question.
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Lyubov frowns, though it's not Erin's words she's frowning at. A moment later, it occurs to her that Erin probably can't read her mind.
Probably.
So she hastens to explain, "take not mine expression for disapproval. Just, nu. I confess like, I expected an angle altogether different. But uhm, like."
Lyubov fidgets with the cuff of one sleeve; it's not that she's scared of Erin, exactly, and more that Erin's attitude has tipped her into talking to the women who raised me mode, which was rather unexpected—as far as she can tell, she and Erin are not that different in age. Certainly, Erin's unlikely to be older than Anzu.
But she's got the air of a hopefully benevolent elderly matriarch. Hence Lyubov's awkwardness.
"Why, like, uh, statistically unfortunate?" she finally asks. It's not that she's not picked up that there's something different about Erin, in the category distinctions between mortals and not-so-mere mortals go—it's that compared to nearly everyone else here, Erin's the one who seems the most normal as far as spiritual energy goes.
She does understand the unspoken part: she and Erin do have something in common. Without that to mitigate the awkwardness somewhat, she'd not have asked such a question.