CLOSED STARTER for @lightshcwer
LOGIC wasn’t something stella bothered with. logically, the idea of making something new out of discarded body parts—like sewing a quilt from whatever scraps one could scrounge—was a bad one. logically, getting her hands on fresh corpses to procure those parts should’ve been impossible. logically, someone with stella’s peculiar skill set should have stuck to repairing dolls instead of people. and logically, the project shouldn’t have worked at all.
but, against all logic, it had.
now, a delighted stella sat across yohan, holding a fork and butter knife. as much as she didn't mind feeding him herself, she thought this was what she was supposed to do as his... maker? no, that didn't feel quite right. surely there was a better term for what she was to him, but the problem was that nothing she called herself ever fit the strange, tender, undefinable space between them. she tried not to think about it too hard.
“your index finger should be on the fork. do you remember which one that is?” she set her own fork down and held up her hand, fingers spread, as if he might recognize the answer in the shape of it. this was something they had covered in a past lesson, though she didn't know how much of anything stayed with him. they were still working on his language skills too. "clenching your fist around it is... well, people say it's wrong. it works, but it's now what you're supposed to do."