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K'luha listened quietly to her daughter. She sounded for foreign. Had she always had such an accent? Had she always used metaphors when she spoke? No... most certainly not. This was probably the greatest time of change in all of Eorzea. K'luha could handle the world around her changing. She could handle her daughter becoming an adult, but becoming someone she no longer knew? The Miqo'te subtly put a hand to her aching chest.Â
Somewhere in her heart, she knew that nothing of a romantic sort was going on with Ventus... but there was something happening because of Ventus. Because of that man, K'luha no longer knew her own daughter. She rarely even saw her daughter because of that man. No, that wasn't quite right. It was because K'ailia was growing up to be an adventurous woman. Like she had said, K'ailia had always been the curious sort. And even K'luha had noticed a particularly profound sadness when K'piru left the tribe. It was just as she said, K'ailia had lost more than an aunt, she lost her teacher.Â
Yet still, for all of K'ailia's growth, she was still but a child. The fact that she could only see three of those suggestions proved it to K'luha. She still had a lot of growing up to do.Â
"We've more than three options K'ailia. We have as many options as the desert has sands. Those are only the three that you've heard or thought of." K'luha shook her head wearily. "While it's true, I've no love of outsiders nor the Ul'dahn merchants, we have always traded for things we need. Since I am able to use the Aetherways fairly frequently, I usually take on the job of running the trade we need far from the tribe." K'luha paused and pulled out a small container of medicine, checking to make sure the glass wasn't broken. "I know how to haggle with the Ul'dahn merchants. We would not be so terribly at a disadvantage, but hauling even more food and water and supplies across the desert would require another two or three of us that can use the aetherways very frequently. It is also expensive with their currency to use the aetherways." K'luha pursed her lips for a moment before setting down the container and looking to K'ailia. "I would like to see this Garden and meet this Ventus man. I cannot say whether he would truly be bad or good for us without meeting him at the very least... " K'luha quieted down for a few moments, as if she was done speaking before suddenly piping up again. "And, K'ailia... do you really value your freedom over your family?"
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