I'll take that! [ She's also being terribly earnest here, but the playfulness has crept back into her smile. She gives Lili a squeeze and tilts her head some to bop the taller girl on the shoulder. It's not something her mother would do, so she has to wonder where she's picked this up, as well. ] That's much better than 'you're a weirdo and you don't know what you're talking about'. Man have I heard that one a lot today.

But... thank you, Lili. Really. I feel like there's less to be afraid of as long as there are people like you in the world. [ holy sugar content 90000000% batman ]