☁* 42 character development questions! 24. How do they present themselves socially? What distinguishes their “persona” from their “true self”, and what causes that difference?
publicly, her persona right now is a child whose usually quite and kept to herself, especially after running away from sentinel services. her father was taken away from the raid, due to being part of a “ terrorist “ group and her mother who tried to run with mija was quickly apprehended but before they could get to her, mija’s mother had sent her down a tight spot within their neighborhood, an alley that lead straight to the main road. with other members of the neighborhood, mutants and non-mutants had stirred a raid because of the family’s involvement within the community. out of fear, mija’s powers activated and the image she naturally thought of while running away to hide her presence was a dog.
she slipped past the sentinel services that finally got to the road, passing by her, assuming nothing. instead of using a sentinel to catch her, they believed it would have been easier to catch her by car but they were fooled. they do now have information on the possibility of similar mutation as her father, whose illusions are far more powerful than her own. regarding true self, mija is a light hearted child who wears a smile on her face, day to day. she enjoys the simple moments of waking up to her mothers sewing machine and her father’s cooking that fills the room.
neighbors have described her as light, a thirteen year old with a caring heart. she certainly has a loving nature towards all sorts of animals and her imagination, is rich. she resembles her mothers way of thinking, an equality for mutants and non-mutants to live together in peace while her father’s a realist. in short, moms a dreamer and fathers a realist, but his attitude towards mija takes the form of a dreamer. he doesn’t want to make living life for his own daughter a nightmare. this was the thing he wanted to avoid for his family.