[He pauses, mid-bite, and nearly snorts due to just...how blunt Wrath's little add-on to that statement is. Once he swallows, he shakes his head.]
If they can tell you're a new-comer to this world they shouldn't expect you to grow up just like them. I met someone once who used to be a pony. Now she might have been raised in a barn but...the barn's not the thing.
[Henry stops himself before he makes things confusing.]
It's just a thing people say when they're so sure everyone else thinks just like them that they think the only reason you wouldn't know the rules is because you grew up in a place without any. In a barn. Like an animal.
[He frowns down at his plate.]
What a mean thing to say to a kid...I never thought about it that much.
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If they can tell you're a new-comer to this world they shouldn't expect you to grow up just like them. I met someone once who used to be a pony. Now she might have been raised in a barn but...the barn's not the thing.
[Henry stops himself before he makes things confusing.]
It's just a thing people say when they're so sure everyone else thinks just like them that they think the only reason you wouldn't know the rules is because you grew up in a place without any. In a barn. Like an animal.
[He frowns down at his plate.]
What a mean thing to say to a kid...I never thought about it that much.