Poignant, and I like that it’s sort of a counterpiece to Mistress Elsha’s ficlet, if you take hers from a parent’s perspective. Beautifully written.
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Very good ficlet. Sounds very personal, as if through experience.

Very nice! Was I inspiration? :)
This mother is much more apologetic than the one, if you read it as a mother’s view, in my piece.
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