( Breakable... she has a point, but so are all the other little things Laura's been accumulating since she showed up here. She waffles another second, debating, but ultimately puts the thing back on the shelf... for now. When she turns back, it's right on time to see the world's worst NASCAR jacket being brandished, and Laura's nose wrinkles immediately.
She gets what Kimiko's going for here, but... no thank you.
The one she holds up in turn is less a real suggestion and more an interesting find. It gets re-racked just so she can sign back. )
He's my-
( And a falter, because she hasn't had a reason to learn this one yet. She says it out loud instead. )
[ She hangs the jacket back on the rack with a pleasant little clink of metal on metal, just in time to look up — to hear — holy shit.
Obviously, the thing to do here is spend the next few seconds teaching Laura the sign for father. There isn't much left out these days; whatever cosmic mishap that's connected bridges the gap between their verbal and non-verbal polyglot most of the time. The other ten percent, well, that doesn't take much effort. But the pause allows Kimiko to get her thoughts in order.
Obviously, she shouldn't say, "he never mentioned you." Except... if he had mentioned her, Kimiko wouldn't have brought it up like this. There's no un-pulling that lever, is there?
Instead — ] Do you want to talk about it?
[ She keeps her signing gentle, close; the equivalent of a softly-spoken question. If Laura isn't ready, then — that's the end of the conversation. ]
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She gets what Kimiko's going for here, but... no thank you.
The one she holds up in turn is less a real suggestion and more an interesting find. It gets re-racked just so she can sign back. )
He's my-
( And a falter, because she hasn't had a reason to learn this one yet. She says it out loud instead. )
He's my father. Technically. It's complicated.
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Obviously, the thing to do here is spend the next few seconds teaching Laura the sign for father. There isn't much left out these days; whatever cosmic mishap that's connected bridges the gap between their verbal and non-verbal polyglot most of the time. The other ten percent, well, that doesn't take much effort. But the pause allows Kimiko to get her thoughts in order.
Obviously, she shouldn't say, "he never mentioned you." Except... if he had mentioned her, Kimiko wouldn't have brought it up like this. There's no un-pulling that lever, is there?
Instead — ] Do you want to talk about it?
[ She keeps her signing gentle, close; the equivalent of a softly-spoken question. If Laura isn't ready, then — that's the end of the conversation. ]