Mama and Papa were going to teach us reading and writing and things, but... stuff happened and they couldn't.
[She doesn't go into details, since she remembers how talk of parents offended him last time. But she also doesn't want him to think it was something that was deliberately neglected.]
And since then we've usually been too busy worrying about where our next meal is coming from or trying to stop Mumm-Ra for there to really be time for lessons.
But now that there is time, I really want to learn.
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Mama and Papa were going to teach us reading and writing and things, but... stuff happened and they couldn't.
[She doesn't go into details, since she remembers how talk of parents offended him last time. But she also doesn't want him to think it was something that was deliberately neglected.]
And since then we've usually been too busy worrying about where our next meal is coming from or trying to stop Mumm-Ra for there to really be time for lessons.
But now that there is time, I really want to learn.