Techspert

Myriad Reality

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*Smiles*
I'm glad, then.

@Yatagarasu

*Lets go and sits cross-legged on my bed, and takes a deep breath*

Myriad Reality

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We'll see, I suppose.

@Yatagarasu

...Thank you for talking with me. You really did help.

Myriad Reality

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I think you need to have a talk with her. She's supposed to apologize to you, so clearing the air is a good idea.

@Yatagarasu

Apologize? To me? Stella would never.

Myriad Reality

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And we love you too. We're here for you.

@Yatagarasu

*Takes a moment to catch my breath*
...Do you think I need to apologize?

Myriad Reality

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That's a question people back in my home have been asking for millennia. There's no real clear answer. The best advice I can give is to not be too hard on yourself; you're young and going to be growing for a long time. You have plenty of time to figure out what you want to be and how to be it. But if it helps, the rest of us are here to remind you that you're worth more than you can imagine.

@Yatagarasu

*Starts bawling, clenching your shirt*
I love you so much! You, and mom, and Shion, and Nox, and even Stella.

Myriad Reality

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Dawn, I don't think it means anything. That's just the name for our family. If you're a part of it, that's what matters, not that you hold up to some ideal of it. You don't need to meet any standards that anyone other than yourself has for you. As a parent, it's my job to give you the tools you need to be happy and to live up to the standards you set for yourself. That's all there is to it.

@Yatagarasu

So what do I do?
*Sniffs*
How do I prove that I’m worth anything at all, even to myself?

Myriad Reality

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Maybe, but I'm not going to let that happen.

@Yatagarasu

I guess... I guess in the end, I don’t know what to do because I don’t know what it means to be a Cloud. Everyone else has it figured out, and I’m holding all of you back.

Myriad Reality

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I don't really think I was, at best I was strongest, not best. But that's not the point. Even the greatest people have flaws and problems. Nobody is free of them. I don't know why we have the ones we have, but I intend to do my best to help with them.

@Yatagarasu

It’s all so confusing. Then is anybody going to hunt us someday? Are we all going to die no matter what?

Myriad Reality

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Ah... Well, a lot of them are. She tends to embellish some of them, but... Most of them are at least somewhat true.

@Yatagarasu

If you were the greatest in all the universes, or at least anywhere close to that—
*Returns my head back toward the sound of your voice*
Why do we still have problems? Why can’t Shion express herself? Why can’t I see? Why does Nox always lie? It just doesn’t make any sense.