Lillie

THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS I LOVE LILLIE. One of them is she has a reasonable vocabulary for a child her age!!

Also she doesn't think super deep on some things to begin with. Which means that when you get into philosophy it's... It's very heart driven. And way less... Wordy.

But also I love that she's cheerful! She's a very nice voice to have opposite of Ruby, who is... Not. So Not.

(I not-so-secretly love Ruby's large vocabulary, and how she can get Very Deep In Her Thoughts, but it can be very VERY heavy and having Lillie as a good fallback is... Good.)

Anyway so if I've not mentioned it here before, Ruby's entire world view can best be summed up as 'Value is determined by how much happiness you bring to the world, directly or indirectly. Society is good because it theoretically allows for the resources to be shared as needed so that happiness may be enjoyed by more people'

Ruby needed a reason to care about other people's feelings, and for society, so she put together this framework because it was that or become numb to the pain of others on multiple scales, and that's what the cult leader wanted. So it had to be bad. (Also her previous understanding of value was.. Flawed by even her accounts.)

(If it had been accurate, then she would never have been found, never have been kidnapped, you see?)

((One problem is that as she gets older she becomes convinced she can't feel happiness. She hasn't fallen that far on the path yet! She still has hope she'll find something that can make her happy!))