She lowers the sheet, though, and raises her eyes to look over at him.
"Stories of ships that didn't sink are way more interesting. Of discoveries, and dangerous journeys, and world records, and meeting new cultures and fighting great battles and making riches." Her eyes light up at the very last bit. As a little girl, her dream occupation had been becoming a viking. She'd been rather disappointed when she had realized that while the stories were amazing, it wasn't actually an option these days. She'd had brief aspirations to be a whale hunter, too, until she learned that modern whale hunters did a rather boring job compared to those in the stories.
"Shipwrecks just mean lots of dead people that can't come home anymore and make it harder for their families to keep the farm running, and cause a lot of financial trouble and medical issues because people get sick from grief." Rather idiotically, in her opinion. Just another reason to not linger on the sadness over the loss of people.
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She lowers the sheet, though, and raises her eyes to look over at him.
"Stories of ships that didn't sink are way more interesting. Of discoveries, and dangerous journeys, and world records, and meeting new cultures and fighting great battles and making riches." Her eyes light up at the very last bit. As a little girl, her dream occupation had been becoming a viking. She'd been rather disappointed when she had realized that while the stories were amazing, it wasn't actually an option these days. She'd had brief aspirations to be a whale hunter, too, until she learned that modern whale hunters did a rather boring job compared to those in the stories.
"Shipwrecks just mean lots of dead people that can't come home anymore and make it harder for their families to keep the farm running, and cause a lot of financial trouble and medical issues because people get sick from grief." Rather idiotically, in her opinion. Just another reason to not linger on the sadness over the loss of people.