[ She shakes her head, nestling her face into crook of his neck even more insistently. ]
Two. They're twins.
[ Which makes it all the more impressive she'd kept it hidden for as long as she had, even before they were born. She's always been small and she was even tinier and more petite back then, so the change what that much more dramatic. Really, she wonders now how nobody else ever took notice. ]
I didn't have anything else but them back then. They were my precious treasures so... that's what I called them. Aquamarine and Ruby.
[ Silly, frivolous names. Exactly the sort a young girl might choose. But still... ]
They aren't allowed to stay with me. Right now, they're living at an orphanage... I can visit them sometimes but never enough. If the Saintess was ever spotted at a place like that, then...
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Two. They're twins.
[ Which makes it all the more impressive she'd kept it hidden for as long as she had, even before they were born. She's always been small and she was even tinier and more petite back then, so the change what that much more dramatic. Really, she wonders now how nobody else ever took notice. ]
I didn't have anything else but them back then. They were my precious treasures so... that's what I called them. Aquamarine and Ruby.
[ Silly, frivolous names. Exactly the sort a young girl might choose. But still... ]
They aren't allowed to stay with me. Right now, they're living at an orphanage... I can visit them sometimes but never enough. If the Saintess was ever spotted at a place like that, then...