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Her mother's expression changed- and it was with a gentle tone that she spoke, but the words made Suzu's ears drop. She glanced quickly to Rykor, who seemed to have caught in the very least the gist of what had just been spoken, and Etienne's response. Suzu wanted desperately for her mother to just understand. She felt embarrassed that her own mother had said those words, even in another language. She nodded fervently along with Etienne's response, scooting forward so that perhaps the next time her mother went to make a mistake, Suzu could be close enough to correct her. 

But this wasn't something new to Rykor, though it wounded Suzu lightly to hear him have to explain for what she thought must've been the hundredth time that he identified as being male. She felt her heart thudding quickly in her chest, and she held her breath. Rykor was doing everything right. She just hoped that her mother would understand that they hadn't been wrong. She had. 

In a voice quiet but urgent, she pleaded. Li impòtan, Maman,"