Ada shrugged one shoulder. "The asshole that fathered me sure as hell ain't no mermaid."
That... was kinda the first time she'd ever said that in public. Thank fuck they were using D'Angeline because Ada didn't know if she'd have been able to do it in English.
"Uncle Chester... if'n Hyacinthe wants to use his dromonde, that's his business. If he doesn't want to use it, it's his business. He'd never force someone t' use their gifts, or try to make 'em stop, unless it was hurting them. If he was injured or couldn't work, then he might have to stay at the ranch for a season or spend his time caring for th' littles, but we don't turn away people who need homes, long as it ain't dangerous to th' family. We're... if Mendacants? 'S that the word? An' Tsingani had a baby, it'd be my family."
"Th' rest?" She was doing a pretty good job of not blushing, barely. This was his mama. "Uncle Chester's afraid for m' safety, not for m' virtue, though sometimes it overlaps. He wanted to be my daddy, but that didn't happen, and now 'm an adult and what I do in my bed is my business, so long as it don't put th' carnival at risk. He might not always like it, but he doesn't need to. I'm not his daughter, I'm not gonna inherit, so he don't have much he can object to."
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That... was kinda the first time she'd ever said that in public. Thank fuck they were using D'Angeline because Ada didn't know if she'd have been able to do it in English.
"Uncle Chester... if'n Hyacinthe wants to use his dromonde, that's his business. If he doesn't want to use it, it's his business. He'd never force someone t' use their gifts, or try to make 'em stop, unless it was hurting them. If he was injured or couldn't work, then he might have to stay at the ranch for a season or spend his time caring for th' littles, but we don't turn away people who need homes, long as it ain't dangerous to th' family. We're... if Mendacants? 'S that the word? An' Tsingani had a baby, it'd be my family."
"Th' rest?" She was doing a pretty good job of not blushing, barely. This was his mama. "Uncle Chester's afraid for m' safety, not for m' virtue, though sometimes it overlaps. He wanted to be my daddy, but that didn't happen, and now 'm an adult and what I do in my bed is my business, so long as it don't put th' carnival at risk. He might not always like it, but he doesn't need to. I'm not his daughter, I'm not gonna inherit, so he don't have much he can object to."