Good is not always a thing you are, it's a thing you do.
( He echoes her, at first bemused, then startled, only to land on a sense of silent exhilaration — as if the words have carved a warmed, settling space within him. As if they've marked him, well and true. )
You're a very smart young lady, Kamala. Don't let anyone ever tell you differently. You remind me of my daughter. She was your -
( But he has the good sense of laugh, one hand ruffling his hair, addressing the tension in his nape. Then, apologetically: )
...she was nothing close to your age. But I suppose still closer to it than to her infancy. That'll do, won't it? ( He has decided so, unilaterally. ) You have something of hers, as it happens. I was hoping I might please as for it. It's a doll.
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Good is not always a thing you are, it's a thing you do.
( He echoes her, at first bemused, then startled, only to land on a sense of silent exhilaration — as if the words have carved a warmed, settling space within him. As if they've marked him, well and true. )
You're a very smart young lady, Kamala. Don't let anyone ever tell you differently. You remind me of my daughter. She was your -
( But he has the good sense of laugh, one hand ruffling his hair, addressing the tension in his nape. Then, apologetically: )
...she was nothing close to your age. But I suppose still closer to it than to her infancy. That'll do, won't it? ( He has decided so, unilaterally. ) You have something of hers, as it happens. I was hoping I might please as for it. It's a doll.