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<i>"The arcane magic Mama uses for divination is fascinating. I can't help but imagine the things I could do with it if I could just get better… Mama is pacing my lessons so I don't do anything that I'm not ready for, but I really want to know more and it's bugging me to no end."</i>
Her mother must be pretty happy her daughter's chosen to follow in her footsteps so closely.
<i>"Ehe. I'm doing it because I want to, not because Mama's forcing me to do anything. The feel of old scrolls, tomes and manuals beneath my fingers… there's something that's lovely and exquisite about them that I can't put into words."</i> Kinu folds her ears forward and smiles, going all starry-eyed. <i>"I like to think they can speak to me with the voices of the people who wrote them. Isn't that amazing?"</i>
[pc.bg arcanist scholar|Well, with both sides of the family into this sort of thing, it's little surprise your daughter turned out this way. At least it's something you know Kiyoko and you can cope with…|Hmph. It's a small relief that your relative inexperience with these things hasn't dampened the enthusiasm your daughter's apparently inherited from her mother.]
<i>"Guess patience is one of those things Mama wants to cultivate in me,"</i> Kinu grumps. <i>"Hmph. I know I'm smart enough to handle more than what she's willing to teach…"</i>
//fox Holo:
You seem to be seeing Kinu outside a lot these days. Does her mother not want her in the house or something?
<i>"There is that, but to be frank I don't mind it so much these days, Papa. I feel more comfortable outside and with fresh air, even while playing shogi or go. Besides, it gives me plenty of opportunities to practice my magic - I feel a lot more confident experimenting with spells when I'm in the peach grove or veggie garden. It's like the plants there are cheering me on."</i>
Hmm… is she showing druidic tendencies?
<i>"From the way you described them, Papa, no. Druids worship nature, from what I'm told - agriculture is the most direct union of civilisation and nature. The forest is nice, but I don't get the same feeling from it that I do from the growing veggies… we've been together with them for so long that the both of us have changed. They trust me enough to lend me power to be repaid later; the plants in the forest are either too mean or too scared of me to even want to talk."</i>
She certainly is growing apart from her mother's way of doing things… Kiyoko's bound to blame you for this.
<i>"Ehehe. Can't I just be my own person, Papa? Learning by experimentation is so much more fun than sitting down and listening to Mama lecture away."</i> She eyes you shiftily, then leans in to stage-whisper. <i>"You know what we need?"</i>
What?
<i>"We need a rice field. Like, just a wide expanse of golden rice…"</i> Kinu claps her hands together and goes all starry-eyed. <i>"Imagine how amazing I'd look framed against it. But Mama says no, a veggie garden's already enough trouble to work as it is."</i>
If she's trying to play you off against Kiyoko, the answer is no. You're standing with her mother on this.
<i>"Boo…"</i>
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