（ there are certain things that should just be a matter of course. no one should have to fight for others to be kind, but she knows full well that's not the world she lives in, nor the one she's come to now.
she sighs, and fusses with her hair, tucking wayward strands back down where they'd been jostled about by The Hat. ）
You don't need to turn it around and give me a compliment, either.
（ it's an evasive maneuver — one she's familiar with, albeit not quite in this context. ）
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（ there are certain things that should just be a matter of course. no one should have to fight for others to be kind, but she knows full well that's not the world she lives in, nor the one she's come to now.
she sighs, and fusses with her hair, tucking wayward strands back down where they'd been jostled about by The Hat. ）
You don't need to turn it around and give me a compliment, either.
（ it's an evasive maneuver — one she's familiar with, albeit not quite in this context. ）