I don't really have one. Or, I guess I did, [and that's hard to admit, strange to think after years spent having her memories erased, so the admission comes out as an afterthought more than anything else,] and I was taken from it. But even if I wanted to go back, I couldn't, for a lot of reasons. Things are, um, complicated.
[There's no nice, succinct way to sum up her world and she's not sure that talking about it won't stress her out, which is not something poor Padmé needs after giving birth, dying, and waking up here of all places. This woman's been through enough without having to hear about just how bad things are getting back on Li's Earth.
The screams don't bother Li, but if it helps distract Padmé from them, she'll happily tell her about the candy.] Well, you need white sugar, peanuts, coconut, sesame seeds, rice flour and maltose syrup. I don't remember all the steps to making it. Mostly people buy it on the street from vendors, instead of making it at home. But it's white and fluffy on the outside, and then there's warm nuts on the inside. I guess that's why it's always been popular in Harbin, where I was born. We have some of the coldest winters in the country. [Cold winters, but still night markets - Heilongjiang was a province that embraced sometimes contradictory traditions, in that sense.
She frowns, trying to apply her limited medical knowledge to the situation.] You could have had internal bleeding somewhere. That happens in some births, I've heard. It's not impossible to treat if it's caught in time, but if it's not...
[The human body is a very resilient thing, but it has limits. There's a point where even the strongest people can't keep going through injuries.] I wish there was a doctor here. They'd have better guesses than I do.
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[There's no nice, succinct way to sum up her world and she's not sure that talking about it won't stress her out, which is not something poor Padmé needs after giving birth, dying, and waking up here of all places. This woman's been through enough without having to hear about just how bad things are getting back on Li's Earth.
The screams don't bother Li, but if it helps distract Padmé from them, she'll happily tell her about the candy.] Well, you need white sugar, peanuts, coconut, sesame seeds, rice flour and maltose syrup. I don't remember all the steps to making it. Mostly people buy it on the street from vendors, instead of making it at home. But it's white and fluffy on the outside, and then there's warm nuts on the inside. I guess that's why it's always been popular in Harbin, where I was born. We have some of the coldest winters in the country. [Cold winters, but still night markets - Heilongjiang was a province that embraced sometimes contradictory traditions, in that sense.
She frowns, trying to apply her limited medical knowledge to the situation.] You could have had internal bleeding somewhere. That happens in some births, I've heard. It's not impossible to treat if it's caught in time, but if it's not...
[The human body is a very resilient thing, but it has limits. There's a point where even the strongest people can't keep going through injuries.] I wish there was a doctor here. They'd have better guesses than I do.