Realistically, Rain has probably asked Fara about this before. Maybe even more than once. But I think it's natural for Rain to be thinking about it again. Between the fact that she's on her way to acquire the last thing her mother left for her, and also that that dream last night seemed to shake her up pretty bad. Poor kid's got a lot on her mind right now.
As Fara says, she's not done responding. I've said earlier that I'm trying to reduce the frequency of two-pagers lately. There's still a few later on in the chapter, but this one felt more "separable" than the others, so I'll take it where I can get it.
Hmm... it's not the best-sounding start, though...
Poor Rain for even thinking that. She just wants to be accepted and feel accepted by her parents... and poor Fara. It's never nice when you come out to someone and then they act all weird about it. Speaking from experience.
No I don't think she is. She is building up to something here... I think she's trying really hard to paint the whole picture and be really honest. I reckon it'll be the realisation that Liriel avoided those topics to try and protect Fara (especially from Marcus), rather than any closed- mindedness, and maybe we'll find out something else that happened...
Exactly. It’s the “straight shooting” side of Fara colliding with her “protective mom” side. And Fara expressing her queerness around Rain’s dad is exposing herself to harm.
Awwww, I hope Rain finds peace in her feelings of her mother. It's so difficult to never get to tell someone who's close to you about the real you. Even if Rain never had a very good childhood with her mother, it's still so important for a person that close to you to know who you are. I really feel for her. I hope she finds a happy conclusion, in this part of her story which is already sure to be a bit bitter.
"Just give him a couple of days. This won't last long. I'm sure of it."