"I'm from America," Rosita reminds him, smiling wryly back. "I'm familiar with the concept." Ellis Island did its fair share of changing names to something more anglicized.
She's sopping up sauce with her bread again, but it's not the ravenous push she'd started with - it's more, now that she's unwilling to be wasteful and she takes her time.
"My mother was an immigrant though. I'm glad you aren't adding to the problems we tend to have just existing somewhere we're trying to make a living."
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Date: 2022-11-08 09:32 am (UTC)"I'm from America," Rosita reminds him, smiling wryly back. "I'm familiar with the concept." Ellis Island did its fair share of changing names to something more anglicized.
She's sopping up sauce with her bread again, but it's not the ravenous push she'd started with - it's more, now that she's unwilling to be wasteful and she takes her time.
"My mother was an immigrant though. I'm glad you aren't adding to the problems we tend to have just existing somewhere we're trying to make a living."