#PennedPossibilities 671 — Tell us how your MC would react to hearing their favorite song or piece of music.
The devil-girl's mother was a different type of autistic than her daughter, arguably less able to relate to people. Her male partner / manager was a great boon in helping her cope with the world, and coping with the world in a specific trainable way: her profession. One might look at the devil-girl's mother and observe that she was cold to her daughter, not very touchy-feely or very interactive. It wasn't that she didn't want to, mind you. There was a bit of a disconnect. Not something you could be trained for or wear a "mask" to do, as it turns out. Thinking that those things, masking, are genuine emotion, even if they are taken by the audience as such, would have seemed hypocritical to the devil-girl's mother, so she did what she could.
What the devil-girl's mother did do was sing for her daughter. Think about this: What if your mother were Julie Andrews? What if your mother were the top singer of her world and of her generation? Opera. "Broadway" theatre. Popular music. An international sensation. That and she always sang for you? What would your concept of music be?
Her mother died when the devil-girl was five.
How the devil-girl reacts hearing her favorite song or piece of music? To a one, these compositions are always her mother's.
If it's in a restaurant, she walks out. She does not want to cry.
The devil-girl does have her mother's voice. She only sings in the shower.
NB: The #author is #actuallyAutistic.`
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