[homophonic] catchall for vash

[dendroculi]

VASH

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[piteous]

You can say she's like our guardian.

[ so, yeah, family. mother, most likely. ]

Her name was Rem! She raised us both somehow which is kinda amazing. We were troublemakers.

[ no it was just vash ]

[dendroculi]

[examines the photo some more...]

She looks incredibly kind.

[piteous]

She was. I lived the life I did because of her.

[ bad choices honestly ]

[dendroculi]

How did she come to be your guardian?

[piteous]

Chance! She was the human on shift to take care of that specific colony ship while the rest of them were sleeping.

That was when we happened to be born.

[dendroculi]

...that sounds like a very lucky coincidence!

[imagine if it had been some other human ... how different would vash have turned out, she wonders?]

[piteous]

I think so! First year is pretty formative, especially since my brother and I grew exponentially at first? Which I read is different for human infants.

[ weird ]

[dendroculi]

Fascinating...

[exponentially, huh...]

It must have been surprising for her.

[piteous]

Yeah. She told us we grew to be toddlers in a couple of weeks.

[ Freaky. ]

I think we stopped aging around the appearance of a humans' mid... Twenties? People used to list me as twenty-four.

[dendroculi]

[she studies him for a few moments, then nods]

That sounds right - you do look about that age.

[piteous]

Thanks! I'm flattered.

[ To look young. ]

You didn't always look like this, right? Does this mean you'll grow, too?

[dendroculi]

I should, yes. I reversed the process of growth to use power beyond my limits, but that doesn't mean I won't grow again. It will just take time.