maskormenace | ♻ 005

Okay, I got a question - why's there so many kids here? You can't turn a corner without running into an imPort kid.

[This... may be a slight exaggeration. It almost does feel that way to Tiffany, though; she came through the Porter from a totally kid-less environment. She'd seen child visitors to the prison in passing, but hadn't interacted with one in years until coming here - and that's not even touching on her own vague Kid Issues, which are currently heightened after her conversation with Jesse about her past.]

I mean, it just seems kinda cruel, you know? Porting in a bunch of kids without anyone to look after 'em. I mean, unless the people here are meant to look after 'em, but come on. How many of us are the type? And I know I would've missed my mama something fierce if I was taken to a whole new world when I was little; some weird fucking stranger wouldn't've cut it.

... Hell, I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong; I could be wrong. Never really knew what to do with kids myself, so it ain't like I know how they think - how y'all think.

So never mind, maybe.

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That's the only kind of job I thought the government let kids have. Under-the-table stuff don't count.

I think one of my friends... designs sweaters? Or something? Another one works for a tech company, but he's just really, really smart.

So why'd they get jobs and not you?

No idea. Maybe they couldn't find anything I'd be good at. I'm fine, though. It gave me time to look out for the dog.

A dog? You really are settling down here, huh.

Koromaru came with me. We live in the same dorm in our home world, and he came along.

... You ain't in college, are you?

Um... no. Just elementary school. It's a private school, and I when my relatives transferred me in, they put me in the dorms.

Shit, y'all must be loaded.

[Tact: not Tiffany's strong suit.]

Huh? Oh, um... yeah. I mean, our families are, I guess. My uncle chose that school because of the dorms; he can just pay the money to have me out of the house. It's got nothing more to do with me.