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[littlesilverqueen]

[There's lots of fiddling with the tablet, buttons pressed and messages made of seeming gibberish (though some are actually words from her own language that some may recognize) before the video is started. Except it's very blurry and sometimes fades out and comes back on. The important part though is that there's a small elf child on the other end and she looks like she's ready to cry.]

Nana! Ada!

[She then proceeds to throw the tablet and cry.]

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[brattyantivan]

[Zevran crosses his arms right back.]

Well, good for her.

See? There was no point in crying.

[littlesilverqueen]

People cry when they're upset. So there was a point.

[Duh.]

[brattyantivan]

You can't let stuff get to you like that, or else you'll spend your whole life crying. [Zevran says it with that earnest seriousness that only the very young obtain when they share their truths.]

It didn't help you get your mother, right? So why do it at all? It's a waste of energy.

[littlesilverqueen]

I guess. [She doesn't plan on spending her life crying. She wants to be like her parents.]

It didn't but sometimes you can't help it. There's nothing wrong with crying.

[brattyantivan]

Yeah, until you get a smack for it. [grumbling] Guess that's just your lesson to learn, kid.

[littlesilverqueen]

If anyone smacks me, I'll tell my nana. And they'll regret it.

[brattyantivan]

[Zevran is skeptical.] And your nana never hits you?

[littlesilverqueen]

Not once in my life. And she wouldn't.

[brattyantivan]

Even if she got very angry?

[littlesilverqueen]

If she gets angry at me then I must have really done something wrong but she wouldn't hit me. It doesn't make sense to hit people to make things better. She usually just sends me to my room after scolding me.

[brattyantivan]

[It doesn't make sense to hit people to make things better. Huh.]

Maybe it does and maybe it doesn't.

...I am glad you found her, in any case. It seems you have a very nice mother.

[littlesilverqueen]

[If she knew about Annatar/Sauron by now, that opinion would change but NOPE.]

She's the best. You should meet her.

[brattyantivan]

Why would I want to do that? She is not my mother.

[littlesilverqueen]

Why not? You'll probably meet her eventually anyway. And what harm is there in meeting people?

[brattyantivan]

There are plenty who are not nice, who will hit and worse for no reason at all.

Best be careful.

[littlesilverqueen]

Well, if they do, they'll be sorry.

[Because her mom is scary.]

[brattyantivan]

Not if they do it to me, little girl.

[littlesilverqueen]

Then I'll make them sorry for you.

[brattyantivan]

Ha! You are a funny one.

Pay no mind to me, and go back to your nana. I can take care of myself.

[littlesilverqueen]

If you're worried about people hitting you or I, then obviously you need some help.

[brattyantivan]

...I do not understand. Why would it matter?

Right now, I am on my own, so I am in no danger of anything like that, so long as I stay out of everyone's way.

[littlesilverqueen]

It's lonely doing things that way. You shouldn't have to be lonely. That's why it matters.

[brattyantivan]

[This is so far from anything anyone's ever bothered to tell him that he's pretty confused right now.]

...Fine.

...Your nana really won't mind?

[littlesilverqueen]

[She'll make him less confused.]

She won't. She encourages me to meet new people and make friends.

[That's mostly because Annatar/Sauron isn't a thing yet in her time.]