[He can push her all he wants, but he doesn't get a rise out of her. Not in this dream, anyway. Perhaps if they had met when her family left, she might have met him at his level. She has a plan and she is going to achieve it, no matter what he or anyone else may think. Her parents believed in her, and so did her brother. She'll achieve her goals and leave behind everyone who mocked her.
His admission makes her flinch. That's what people say the system is like. There are good families, sure, but all she can think of is the bad ones. The people unfit to be parents. The ones who beat their foster kids or lock them in the trunk of a car for two days just because of an accident.]
Nothing can stop me. No one.
[She's looking at him when she says it, but it's more to herself for her own sake, agreeing with him despite his ridiculous accent. If she has to hide in her homework to survive and get what she wants, she'll do it. If she has to give up what little social skills she managed to learn while she lived with her family, she'll do it. She will be Dr. Temperance Brennan someday.
As hope starts to burn hot in her chest, the dream begins to fade away, like someone turning on a light in a dark room.]
cw mentions of abuse
His admission makes her flinch. That's what people say the system is like. There are good families, sure, but all she can think of is the bad ones. The people unfit to be parents. The ones who beat their foster kids or lock them in the trunk of a car for two days just because of an accident.]
Nothing can stop me. No one.
[She's looking at him when she says it, but it's more to herself for her own sake, agreeing with him despite his ridiculous accent. If she has to hide in her homework to survive and get what she wants, she'll do it. If she has to give up what little social skills she managed to learn while she lived with her family, she'll do it. She will be Dr. Temperance Brennan someday.
As hope starts to burn hot in her chest, the dream begins to fade away, like someone turning on a light in a dark room.]
Thanks.