"Magic," she responds simply, before remembering pre-Awakened worlds don't realize that's a thing. "No, really. The world Awakened - to magic, that is - and some people did too. Elves and dwarves started being born and...well. Some people found out they were really orks or trolls."
She'd thrown herself into learning about what had happened to her when she'd goblinized, and had become comfortable with sharing that information, but having recently been returned to her human-appearing child state...well, it made her realize she hadn't overcome it as much as she'd thought. Sharing what she learned was now an uncomfortable reminder of why she'd learned it.
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Well, she can't say she's too surprised.
"Magic," she responds simply, before remembering pre-Awakened worlds don't realize that's a thing. "No, really. The world Awakened - to magic, that is - and some people did too. Elves and dwarves started being born and...well. Some people found out they were really orks or trolls."
She'd thrown herself into learning about what had happened to her when she'd goblinized, and had become comfortable with sharing that information, but having recently been returned to her human-appearing child state...well, it made her realize she hadn't overcome it as much as she'd thought. Sharing what she learned was now an uncomfortable reminder of why she'd learned it.