[Guess who's had a little practice explaining human families to trolls?]
Not a lusus, but an equivalent in our culture, yes. I'm his mother. Or I will be. In four years, from my perspective.
Humans pair off (we just have the one romantic relationship, rather than quadrants like you do. The one relationship is closest to your matespiritship), one male one female. They marry, promising to be a unit for life. Their combined genetic material becomes a new human and grows within the female, who gives birth to the child and raises him or her. The male protects them and provides for them. Such a family unit often has more than one child.
James and I will just have the one. Harry. And he's here, all grown up.
Thii2 clariifiie2 much. Thank you. You previiou2ly referenced your mate2priit-analogue a2 beiing four year2 pa2t your place iin the tiimeliine. 2uch temporal iincon2ii2tenciie2 mu2t create compliicatiion2. II2 thii2 famiily uniit bond 2o 2trong that iit ii2 capable of tran2cendiing a need for 2hared experiience?
Not trouble at all. I've been trying to figure out a way to best explain it to the six-sweep-olds and I think that explanation sums it up nicely. If you have any questions, though, I would be happy to elaborate. I'm sure that Karkat will offer you all he's learned about human culture if you ask him, but if I were you I'd come straight to the source.
Yes. I haven't married James or had Harry yet, but I knew about it before James left and then came back husband and father. Harry's best friend told me all about my son and how James and I will die for him at twenty-one.
None of it has happened to me yet, but I don't have much time left. I know what will happen. And this is the only opportunity I will ever have to actually converse with my son.
I don't think Remus or Peter could be called horny tomcats, Lily. [See how he's not denying it in himself or Sirius. This would be funnier with my other James journal - horny_stag]
And yes. I can't believe Harry's here. He's living with us, right?
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Referenciing "one."
You act a2 a lu2u2, Lily Evans?
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Not a lusus, but an equivalent in our culture, yes. I'm his mother. Or I will be. In four years, from my perspective.
Humans pair off (we just have the one romantic relationship, rather than quadrants like you do. The one relationship is closest to your matespiritship), one male one female. They marry, promising to be a unit for life. Their combined genetic material becomes a new human and grows within the female, who gives birth to the child and raises him or her. The male protects them and provides for them. Such a family unit often has more than one child.
James and I will just have the one. Harry. And he's here, all grown up.
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Thank you.
You previiou2ly referenced your mate2priit-analogue a2 beiing four year2 pa2t your place iin the tiimeliine.
2uch temporal iincon2ii2tenciie2 mu2t create compliicatiion2.
II2 thii2 famiily uniit bond 2o 2trong that iit ii2 capable of tran2cendiing a need for 2hared experiience?
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Yes. I haven't married James or had Harry yet, but I knew about it before James left and then came back husband and father. Harry's best friend told me all about my son and how James and I will die for him at twenty-one.
None of it has happened to me yet, but I don't have much time left. I know what will happen. And this is the only opportunity I will ever have to actually converse with my son.
Yes, this family unit bond is that strong.
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And yes. I can't believe Harry's here. He's living with us, right?
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Obviously! He's not allowed to live anywhere else! I'm going to cook him so much food that he's going to float away.
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Good. I'm glad we agree on that. I can't wait to see how he handles a broom!
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He was captain of the house team, love, he's obviously brilliant.
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