365 character questions - 19th of january
Someone asks your character to describe their family. How do they answer?
First she will ask if you’re strictly speaking of the nuclear family, parents-children and that’s it, or the extended one. When you’re part of the Zelenka pack and your grandmother tends to symbolically adopt stray kids, that’s relevant. If it’s her close family you want, she’ll talk about her parents, how much they love each other and how much they love their kids. you’ll be able to hear the tenderness in her voice, even though she might not say out loud how much she loves them. She’ll talk about her sister too, who she thought to be her brother for years, and will protect no matter what. No dot touch her sibling. Don’t ask about her blood family either, they don’t exist to her anymore anyway.
If you ask about her extensive family, it’ll take longer. She’ll introduce you to Peter and Tsveta, Mathis, Misha, Liezel, Ditfried, the twins... All those people whom she’s known for her whole life and who took care of her, and whom she loves dearly. They are her family, no matter what blood or laws say.