[ 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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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. ]