I caught the bit of giggle but didn't let it register on my face. Can't let her know that I've seen a crack in her "I don't care" attitude or it might vanish forever. Or at least that's what my "everything is the worst case scenario with your daughter" brain tells me. It's a part of my brain that occupies a very large part of my thoughts for the last dozen years or so.
"Oh, this is just my travel skull! I have a much nicer one at home," Bonnie said. If she was put off by her big sister's lack of enthusiasm she didn't seem to show it. Bonnie is smart and I know that while she wishes the two could be closer she understood why Maggie may not want that. Doesn't mean it probably doesn't hurt on some level but I can't force them to like each other or get along.
"Well, that and I need to know where all the bad magical kids go these days to get away from the police and, well, from people like me."
Because even if I didn't think Maggie was one of those kids, because I don't, she's observant and knows things. You didn't face a heck of a lot of trauma at a young age without developing a hyperawareness of things and knowing all the hidey holes. That's something I knew first hand.
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"Oh, this is just my travel skull! I have a much nicer one at home," Bonnie said. If she was put off by her big sister's lack of enthusiasm she didn't seem to show it. Bonnie is smart and I know that while she wishes the two could be closer she understood why Maggie may not want that. Doesn't mean it probably doesn't hurt on some level but I can't force them to like each other or get along.
"Well, that and I need to know where all the bad magical kids go these days to get away from the police and, well, from people like me."
Because even if I didn't think Maggie was one of those kids, because I don't, she's observant and knows things. You didn't face a heck of a lot of trauma at a young age without developing a hyperawareness of things and knowing all the hidey holes. That's something I knew first hand.