07-04-2017, 08:22 PM
“Yeah, that makes sense. Some secrets are fun or tricky or special, but spying doesn’t seem like a fun kind of secret. I’d imagine it’s useful sometimes to be able to though. Just in case.” In case of what, exactly, Kali wasn’t entirely sure. But it seemed true, whether she understood it fully or not. “I don’t think Daddy would be very good at secrets. Or. I mean, maybe he would be good at other people’s secrets, but I don’t think he has much use for having secrets of his own. It would be an awful lot of work for him, trying to keep them in, I think.” Her dad was more the blurt things out and think them through later type. “I think it’s kind of cute, even if it does get him in trouble sometimes.”
Kali tilted her head, studying Roma thoughtfully. There was something interesting in the way she sounded when she mentioned Kali’s dad. “Hey, Roma?” She leaned a little closer, eyes narrowing in concentration as she looked into Roma’s pretty golden eyes. “Hmm. You’ve got a good one though, huh? Secret, I mean. That’s okay, you don’t have to tell me. Some secrets want to be quiet, want to be just yours for a while. Or just yours and somebody else’s sometimes, especially when they’re not just your secret.” She smiled and looked out over the water, breaking her stare.
Her smile faltered just for a moment, her brow wrinkling as she watched the waves dance. “Or when you don’t quite understand them yet, or they’re a little confusing. Sometimes they need to sit in your chest for a little while, or in the pit of your belly as a nervous little flutter, reminding you you’ve got things to think about.” Like strange new feelings, and the way one small moment can make something you thought you knew completely different.
She shrugged, smiling at Roma again. “I think I like that about Daddy, though. And I like how he makes me feel good in my chest, helps me not be soft and shy. Loud and proud, that’s what he says. That it’s important to remember I’ve got a right to the space I take up, and I shouldn’t try to make myself tiny and unseen. Well not unless there’s somebody bad around, then it’s really okay to be all inconspicuous. But when there are nice people around, it’s good to be me, big and bold, so people can see how great I am instead of missing it ‘cause I’m maybe a little nervous and hiding. The right people will love me for it, and the wrong ones aren’t worth my time. That seems pretty smart, huh? And makes it easier to not be scared.”
Kali tilted her head, studying Roma thoughtfully. There was something interesting in the way she sounded when she mentioned Kali’s dad. “Hey, Roma?” She leaned a little closer, eyes narrowing in concentration as she looked into Roma’s pretty golden eyes. “Hmm. You’ve got a good one though, huh? Secret, I mean. That’s okay, you don’t have to tell me. Some secrets want to be quiet, want to be just yours for a while. Or just yours and somebody else’s sometimes, especially when they’re not just your secret.” She smiled and looked out over the water, breaking her stare.
Her smile faltered just for a moment, her brow wrinkling as she watched the waves dance. “Or when you don’t quite understand them yet, or they’re a little confusing. Sometimes they need to sit in your chest for a little while, or in the pit of your belly as a nervous little flutter, reminding you you’ve got things to think about.” Like strange new feelings, and the way one small moment can make something you thought you knew completely different.
She shrugged, smiling at Roma again. “I think I like that about Daddy, though. And I like how he makes me feel good in my chest, helps me not be soft and shy. Loud and proud, that’s what he says. That it’s important to remember I’ve got a right to the space I take up, and I shouldn’t try to make myself tiny and unseen. Well not unless there’s somebody bad around, then it’s really okay to be all inconspicuous. But when there are nice people around, it’s good to be me, big and bold, so people can see how great I am instead of missing it ‘cause I’m maybe a little nervous and hiding. The right people will love me for it, and the wrong ones aren’t worth my time. That seems pretty smart, huh? And makes it easier to not be scared.”
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