[And there's nothing more comforting than being hair petted, it dissolves whatever remaining tension may have been hiding in her body. For a good moment or two she just sits there with him, and then she can seem to admit:] I overreacted. [Just a tad.] I want you two to get along, but I guess I can't just hide all the bad parts.
[Every family has their secrets, and they're generally always bad but the Lunaes just feel ... Incredibly gross and disconcerting, even to Nariko. Even when she loves them with all of her heart. There's a reason she lives on the other end of the world and doesn't visit them too often.]
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Yes, I think it does.
[And there's nothing more comforting than being hair petted, it dissolves whatever remaining tension may have been hiding in her body. For a good moment or two she just sits there with him, and then she can seem to admit:] I overreacted. [Just a tad.] I want you two to get along, but I guess I can't just hide all the bad parts.
[Every family has their secrets, and they're generally always bad but the Lunaes just feel ... Incredibly gross and disconcerting, even to Nariko. Even when she loves them with all of her heart. There's a reason she lives on the other end of the world and doesn't visit them too often.]