Gifts of wandering ice

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Mildegard

When you grow up in a society where everyone is at least a couple of centuries older than you, you won't be treated as an adult at 18. At 30 as well. Maybe once you're a 100...

Nolan's mother died during the tsunami (there's a story "Tsunami kid" on my Patreon, if you want some details), when he was three, but he still has some memories of her. And I bet he regrets being mean to her that last day and refusing her offer.

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melaredblu

It's kind of impressive that he still remembers that.

18th Jul 2022, 8:11 PM edit delete reply

Mildegard

Why? I thought most people have at least a handful of early memories.

19th Jul 2022, 9:20 PM edit delete reply

melaredblu

That's true, I guess. I suppose I'm more impressed that he knew how old he was. I have no clue how old I was in my earliest memories, and at this point, they're so far off it feels more like a memory of a memory.

19th Jul 2022, 9:36 PM edit delete reply

Mildegard

At some point, kids become really proud of their age. I remember being proud of being 2 :D I kept running around the house and telling everyone that I was a big girl. Little Nolan probably remembered his age the same way. Or maybe he just knew how old he was right before the tsunami that had ended his happy life and killed his mother.

20th Jul 2022, 12:06 AM edit delete reply

melaredblu

That's a fair point. Maybe my memory is just particularly garbage.

20th Jul 2022, 1:17 AM edit delete reply

The Doodler

Ouch. Poor guy.

23rd Jul 2022, 5:49 AM edit delete reply