I wouldn't know, because I wouldn't have been born yet. [A pause, and then, a little softer:] Papa used to say he named me because I was born at noon, when the sun was at its highest in the sky. If that's true, then I wouldn't have had a name until then anyway.
[She says nothing about the 'hanging out' invitation. Neither an acceptance nor a decline. Still debating over what she should do.]
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I wouldn't know, because I wouldn't have been born yet. [A pause, and then, a little softer:] Papa used to say he named me because I was born at noon, when the sun was at its highest in the sky. If that's true, then I wouldn't have had a name until then anyway.
[She says nothing about the 'hanging out' invitation. Neither an acceptance nor a decline. Still debating over what she should do.]