[She shakes her head gently- calm and understanding, not hurt even though she's discussing something sad, something that did hurt her once, a long time ago. It's not now. She's grown.]
Not troubling, precisely- merely rare. Not every egg in a clutch survives, that's simply the nature of things. For there to be only one viable hatchling instead of five or six is... very uncommon, yes, but not completely unheard of.
[More akin to a stillbirth, in human terms, than anything else.]
[It's hard to say she mourns her siblings, exactly, because how can you miss someone you've never met? But there's always going to be a part of her who would have liked to meet them, to have the chance.]
"May have"? [She tilts her head, curious.] That's an interesting turn of phrase- though you needn't elaborate if you'd rather not. If it's painful, I won't pry.
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Date: 2019-04-19 02:20 am (UTC)Not troubling, precisely- merely rare. Not every egg in a clutch survives, that's simply the nature of things. For there to be only one viable hatchling instead of five or six is... very uncommon, yes, but not completely unheard of.
[More akin to a stillbirth, in human terms, than anything else.]
[It's hard to say she mourns her siblings, exactly, because how can you miss someone you've never met? But there's always going to be a part of her who would have liked to meet them, to have the chance.]
"May have"? [She tilts her head, curious.] That's an interesting turn of phrase- though you needn't elaborate if you'd rather not. If it's painful, I won't pry.