Yeah, but you say I'm stupid all the time too. It's almost a term of endearment coming from you now.
[She falls quiet for a moment before muttering a soft 'oh.'] I almost forgot. I was going to tell you something before we started talking about Momota-san. [Truths for truths and all. But there's another pause, because she's not really sure how to explain it all, exactly, and it all sounds rather... Crazy. But she supposes it's no crazier than the abilities she's already been shown to have and all.]
Hmm... I told you that my being born was a death sentence for my mother, right? That wasn't an exaggeration. I have the... privilege of being a really rare... [Spec...ies? She pauses, feeling awkward because again she's not sure how to describe it and she shakes her head.] I'm what's called a 'Shadowborn.' [Another pause because that's an interesting way this place decided to translate that.
She reaches out and traces out the kanji on the back of his hand. 黄泉子. Yomiko. Child of the Underworld. It sounds like a title Gundam would come up with.]
Giving birth to one drastically reduces the mother's lifespan, but the children are always really powerful. They're born half-dead. Or, more accurately... We're 'half-ghost.' The offspring of a dead man and a living woman. [That makes it sound like her mom fucked a corpse but she's not interested in making her mother look good right now, though she does clarify:] Well, his spirit.
[A faked, lighter tone:] So, even though I shared it, maybe Momota-san doesn't have to know that. Even if it's funny when he gets scared.
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[She falls quiet for a moment before muttering a soft 'oh.'] I almost forgot. I was going to tell you something before we started talking about Momota-san. [Truths for truths and all. But there's another pause, because she's not really sure how to explain it all, exactly, and it all sounds rather... Crazy. But she supposes it's no crazier than the abilities she's already been shown to have and all.]
Hmm... I told you that my being born was a death sentence for my mother, right? That wasn't an exaggeration. I have the... privilege of being a really rare... [Spec...ies? She pauses, feeling awkward because again she's not sure how to describe it and she shakes her head.] I'm what's called a 'Shadowborn.' [Another pause because that's an interesting way this place decided to translate that.
She reaches out and traces out the kanji on the back of his hand. 黄泉子. Yomiko. Child of the Underworld. It sounds like a title Gundam would come up with.]
Giving birth to one drastically reduces the mother's lifespan, but the children are always really powerful. They're born half-dead. Or, more accurately... We're 'half-ghost.' The offspring of a dead man and a living woman. [That makes it sound like her mom fucked a corpse but she's not interested in making her mother look good right now, though she does clarify:] Well, his spirit.
[A faked, lighter tone:] So, even though I shared it, maybe Momota-san doesn't have to know that. Even if it's funny when he gets scared.