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Mm. Practicing.

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Oh, come on.

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*Turns the page*
Getting over the sight-o-phobia you all seem to have?

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When it hurts to open your eyes, you tend not to do it. New methods are only thought up every so often.

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*hold on to my knee*
Oooof.

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You could also just put up with it. A Cloud should be able to handle pain.

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Mm. I do wonder how you would bear with it.

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You’re so dramatic.
*Pulls up on your shirt*
And heavy.

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*laughs as I get up*
Well, the mall is not too far from the station.

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Mom, dad, and our better siblings have gone through way worse. If they could handle it, every one of us should be able to.

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Just because others have had worse experiences, that doesn't make someone else's experiences lesser. Besides, father is... not a fair comparison to anyone in that regard.

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That’s not what I said. Why don’t you want to be better than them, or better than dad? If he thought that way, none of us would be here.

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I have no need to be "better" than them. Being "better" is subjective, and besides, competition with people who can't or won't compete back is pointless, is it not?

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No, because they already proved their worth. We haven’t done anything yet, other than have seizures or lie to people for no reason. It’s pathetic.

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Mm. And what are you doing to change that? How would you suggest the rest of us do so, also?

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*Closes the book*
I’m making myself better. I’m the only one who cares to live up to our family name. I’m the only one who has plans to make something of herself! So you tell me, what are any of you doing?

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Mm. You say that, but how are you improving? Why are you so obsessed with how others see you?

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Do you come here often?

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I see the mall all the time when I roam.

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I’m going to be the greatest detective who ever lived. And I get better at it every day! What matters is that Clouds are the best, no matter what anyone thinks.