Techspert

Myriad Reality

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I'm hoping that by then, she'll be strong enough of a person to handle it and learn from it. Besides, she's got some great people in her corner.
*Pats you on the head*
I believe in all of you, and I'm here for you all if I can help. But yes, I can foresee that, too.

@Yatagarasu

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*Shifts my gaze to my right*
All of those stories that Stella cares so much about, about you and mom... are all of them true?

Myriad Reality

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I supposed that's to be expected from a hands-off approach, but there's plenty of time ahead for her to change on things.

@Yatagarasu

S-someday it's going to bite her real bad when she can't fix her mess.

Myriad Reality

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Because I figured she'd only do it to me. Besides, you were having fun, I didn't want to ruin the game by pointing it out. In hindsight, I should have said something sooner. I'm sorry for that.

@Yatagarasu

She's just—
*Clenches my fist*
Ghh, that Stella. She never learns anything because she can get away with every bad habit she has!

Myriad Reality

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Cheating is wrong, and I hope she knows that already, but I don't think it registers to her that she was cheating.

@Yatagarasu

W-why didn't you tell her not to when you saw?

Myriad Reality

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I don't know how to word this, but I think she probably doesn't view your handicap as... As a thing to be careful of? She probably thought that since you were winning, it was the same as playing anyone else. To her, I don't think that it crossed her mind that doing it would even be a bad thing.
*Pauses*
I think the best thing to do is to talk it out once you've had however much time you need. I'll help however I can, but if you don't hear each others' views from the source, I think this could fester into something worse than you're feeling right now.

@Yatagarasu

But that's the thing! What she did isn't okay to do to anyone.

Myriad Reality

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*Hugs you*
You're not a disappointment. I don't think that's what Stella thinks, and it's certainly not true even if she did.

@Yatagarasu

I'm just... I'm just so fed up with her. That was the most underhanded, not-okay...

Myriad Reality

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Absolutely not! I love all of you, and I cannot and will not choose between my children. Please don't ever think otherwise.

@Yatagarasu

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*Lets go of the pillow and grabs onto you, crying on your shoulder*
I'm—I'm scared I'm a disappointment. Stella thinks so.

Myriad Reality

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Oh boy. Uh... Well, I can only really speculate. They didn't exactly write letters for me, thinking I would come back somehow. Kari probably felt some sort of responsibility, a need to go because that was possible. Scarlet was always the adventurous type, so I don't doubt that she wanted to see what would happen. Zelda... I think he probably just wanted to be a pioneer, since nobody else had ever done it. And I have to assume Wynter just wanted to stay with her siblings. But like I said, I'm just taking shots in the dark here based on what I knew about them.

@Yatagarasu

...Do you love them more than us?

Myriad Reality

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Well, from my talk with her, Stella seems to think you're a pretty good sister.
*Sighs*
But still, you're young. There's no need to worry about what kind of person you'll be, and being "useful" isn't necessarily a good goal to have, in my opinion. You have time. More than that, I'm doing my best to try to give you the freedom to learn and grow into whatever kind of person you want. I'm not doing a good enough job, but I'll do whatever I can for you four.

@Yatagarasu

...Dad? Why did our brothers and sisters leave?

Myriad Reality

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I'm not disappointed, Dawn, I'm just worried. That's my job, to worry about you. What can I do to help?

@Yatagarasu

Just... What can I do? How can I ever be a good sister, or a useful person like this?