[Lila sort of--makes a face. She's totally misinterpreted what Diana's saying, although it might end up working out to Diana's benefit. The point Lila's taken is: it's a stupid lie, if it is a lie. Anyone with any skill at bullshit is going to be suspicious of a story like this.]
[Stupid lies are more likely to be true. Common sense, if convoluted. So ultimately, Lila just shrugs.]
I believe you, I guess. I should stop being surprised and just believe whatever bullshit people shoot at me, but old habits die hard.
I understand reluctance, after only a short time in the world of men.
( they would lie for all sorts of reasons, so many now that Diana has trouble keeping up with them all. to save face, to protect from the pain of reality, to decieve; some lied simply for the sport of it, and that is what Diana has the most trouble understanding. the sport of deception shall never be one Diana participates in, not if she can help it. troublesome or not, she is determined to cling to the truth. )
You would not be the first to doubt me. I appreciate the alternative. ( it is a bit trying to constantly be misinterpreted and misunderstood, after all. Diana gets it, but that doesn't mean she has to enjoy it. )
[The world of men. That's a funny phrase. It rubs Lila the wrong way, but even she's capable of putting it to the side in this case. Diana talks funny, old-fashioned, and this is probably just part of that.]
You're--welcome?
[She smiles, sort of.]
I'm used to being a freak, it's not like I don't know one when I see one.
( she means the world of humans, Lila, trust that Diana would never imply there was no place for women. what with being from an island full of them... take me there someone, please........
knowing as many languages as she does, Diana does understand what freak means. her eyebrows lift, ever so slightly, though she seems more bemused than offended. )
I would never have thought to be called a freak would be a compliment, ( she muses, but she shakes her head with a wry smile. ) I suppose there is some sisterhood in both being different. What exactly makes you a 'freak'?
( good for you, grandma, getting up and up with the new-fangled youth talk!!! )
[It's a safe thing to say, although her father wouldn't think so. He'd say it's an unnecessary risk to say something like that to a relative stranger. But Lila thinks she's got the measure of Diana now. Besides, she doesn't have to give details.]
People are afraid of things they don't understand, things that are different. So I'm a freak. I don't know about sisterhood, though.
That I have seen the truth of. ( it was a part of why Steve was always trying to cuckhold her into normality, to try and steer her away from showing exactly who and what she was. she knows now that he was trying to protect her, in his own way. perhaps he was trying to protect those unready to face the abnormal, too.
as for not knowing sisterhood, that is a sad idea. ) It is the way of the Amazons. We are a family, and we all fight as one. That is where our strength lies. ( there's something sad about that, since Diana well knows that when it came to show that strength... she'd been the only one willing to leave and brave it.
the sad lilt to her words will go without explanation, for now. ) It was good to meet you, Lila. Fellow 'freak'. ( still trying that one on for size. Diana finds she doesn't dislike it, with context. )
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[Lila sort of--makes a face. She's totally misinterpreted what Diana's saying, although it might end up working out to Diana's benefit. The point Lila's taken is: it's a stupid lie, if it is a lie. Anyone with any skill at bullshit is going to be suspicious of a story like this.]
[Stupid lies are more likely to be true. Common sense, if convoluted. So ultimately, Lila just shrugs.]
I believe you, I guess. I should stop being surprised and just believe whatever bullshit people shoot at me, but old habits die hard.
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( they would lie for all sorts of reasons, so many now that Diana has trouble keeping up with them all. to save face, to protect from the pain of reality, to decieve; some lied simply for the sport of it, and that is what Diana has the most trouble understanding. the sport of deception shall never be one Diana participates in, not if she can help it. troublesome or not, she is determined to cling to the truth. )
You would not be the first to doubt me. I appreciate the alternative. ( it is a bit trying to constantly be misinterpreted and misunderstood, after all. Diana gets it, but that doesn't mean she has to enjoy it. )
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You're--welcome?
[She smiles, sort of.]
I'm used to being a freak, it's not like I don't know one when I see one.
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knowing as many languages as she does, Diana does understand what freak means. her eyebrows lift, ever so slightly, though she seems more bemused than offended. )
I would never have thought to be called a freak would be a compliment, ( she muses, but she shakes her head with a wry smile. ) I suppose there is some sisterhood in both being different. What exactly makes you a 'freak'?
( good for you, grandma, getting up and up with the new-fangled youth talk!!! )
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[It's a safe thing to say, although her father wouldn't think so. He'd say it's an unnecessary risk to say something like that to a relative stranger. But Lila thinks she's got the measure of Diana now. Besides, she doesn't have to give details.]
People are afraid of things they don't understand, things that are different. So I'm a freak. I don't know about sisterhood, though.
[What's friendship, can you eat it.]
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as for not knowing sisterhood, that is a sad idea. ) It is the way of the Amazons. We are a family, and we all fight as one. That is where our strength lies. ( there's something sad about that, since Diana well knows that when it came to show that strength... she'd been the only one willing to leave and brave it.
the sad lilt to her words will go without explanation, for now. ) It was good to meet you, Lila. Fellow 'freak'. ( still trying that one on for size. Diana finds she doesn't dislike it, with context. )