w2 curfew: imagine if one of us is dead and the last thing they heard was living la vida loca.

[messy]

we're watching shrek 2.

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[ravenry]

That was all Li Niang. She taught me everything.

[riverbeans]

[tilts his head]

Li Niang?

[ravenry]

The previous Raven Consort. She raised me.

[riverbeans]

[...]

All the more reason not to undersell what you have. It's knowledge that she thought was worth imparting to you, after all.

[ravenry]

[ she looks appropriately cowed.

grumble, grumble: ]

I can't argue with you. I do not want to undermine her memory.

[ and then she looks nostalgic. ]

[riverbeans]

... Tell me about her?

[ravenry]

She was very patient, but she was also strict. She let me learn at my own pace, but she made sure I learned.

She told me, "It's you who has to keep living this life. Not me." She wasn't wrong. She usually wasn't.

[riverbeans]

... She sounds like a good mentor.

[ravenry]

[ that gets a small smile out of shouxue. ]

She was. I do not know who I would be now without her.

[riverbeans]

Mm. People like that tend to hold a special place in one's heart, huh?

[ravenry]

[ she nods. ]

I recently met someone who knew her when she was young, and I heard things I never knew about her. It was so nice.

[riverbeans]

Haha... it's strange to think of our mentor figures as having been young themselves once, isn't it? But I'm glad you had that chance.