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[likeboudica]

I have [ the briefest expression of insecurity flickering over her face before Tessa straightens her shoulders and faces the camera more fully ] decided that I should learn how to fight. I cannot endlessly rely on others for protection should I need it.

There are those here that teach it, I am certain. Mr Morgan? [ A beat. ] Will, perhaps?

It is not unsuitable for women to engage in such activities. [ It starts as a question, but she changes her mind halfway through and it becomes a statement instead. These are different times, and even back home with the Shadowhunters, the usual rules of society did not apply. While they are part of what makes Tessa who she is (something she wishes to hold on to), perhaps it is time she stopped letting them hold her back. ]

Comments

[likeboudica]

You certainly do not look old enough to be a mother. [ At least by the standards she has come to accept as currently valid. In her time, Buffy may well be considered an old spinster already. ]

[whattingawhat]

[Clearly, that is the right answer. she beams a smile at Tessa.]

Thank you! I'm really not. Particularly not Dawn's.

[likeboudica]

Who is Dawn?

[whattingawhat]

My little sister. She's six years younger than me. She's here in the City.

[likeboudica]

Then you are certainly not old enough to be her mother.