[ this got real deep, real quick. Jen sat up and became more attentive, brow furrowed as she focused on what her friend was saying. ]
Mmm, I guess you're right? I can't relate, you know, but it sounds legit. [ after all, her mother went through such pains to divorce Jen from how she was born and how society might treat someone like her. "Jinjing" was too young to understand it at the time and probably can never relate to what someone growing up as Chinese-American here would be like.
at the same time she, herself, has no connection or desire to connect with her origins. the "other self" from her dreams left a lot of questions in her mind, too, but there were not enough clues there about the world itself that she sought after. except maybe to eventually figure out what kind of place it must be where teenagers have to fight giant robots as part of an obvious team. they didn't look or act like superheroes, that's for sure. so... what was it?
oh no. Jen's doing that Thing again where she's staring at her arm, lost in thought. ]
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Mmm, I guess you're right? I can't relate, you know, but it sounds legit. [ after all, her mother went through such pains to divorce Jen from how she was born and how society might treat someone like her. "Jinjing" was too young to understand it at the time and probably can never relate to what someone growing up as Chinese-American here would be like.
at the same time she, herself, has no connection or desire to connect with her origins. the "other self" from her dreams left a lot of questions in her mind, too, but there were not enough clues there about the world itself that she sought after. except maybe to eventually figure out what kind of place it must be where teenagers have to fight giant robots as part of an obvious team. they didn't look or act like superheroes, that's for sure. so... what was it?
oh no. Jen's doing that Thing again where she's staring at her arm, lost in thought. ]