Warning for aforementioned ED.
[name_f]Adalia[/name_f] [name_f]Cari[/name_f] [Evergreen] Dower (43) is [name_f]Zhuri[/name_f] and Brooks’s mother, who loves the cool but geeky vibes, given she’s actually the sister of Dr. [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]! She’s glad [name_f]Celeste[/name_f] has been a good person even if she understands why some cynics doubt her. She knows [name_f]Celeste[/name_f] is not trying to brainwash anyone at [name_f]Trinity[/name_f] [name_m]General[/name_m] despite crazy rumours saying otherwise. [name_f]Celeste[/name_f] and [name_f]Adalia[/name_f] are both spontaneous though they react in different ways. [name_f]Adalia[/name_f] used to have long light brown hair, which was not changed because of [name_f]Celeste[/name_f] but rather after an obnoxious falling out with an ex. She feels like changing her hair gave her a cool new side to herself that she couldn’t express when she was with him, and this stayed when she met her current husband. Now she sees it as a symbol of youthful expression given she’s naturally grown some grey hair, but considers herself far from “old”. She remembers when she and her own sister grew up thinking one another was “annoying” so she’s reassured [name_m]Brooks[/name_m] and [name_f]Zhuri[/name_f] that it’s just a phase. Like [name_m]Brooks[/name_m], [name_f]Adalia[/name_f] is in a career based on interest and not from anyone’s experience. Despite her short hair, she loves hair and specialises in making wigs for people suffering hair loss. She doesn’t know anyone who is, her experience is from being a donor herself – when she cut her long hair, she donated it.
[name_f]Adalia[/name_f] supports Zhuri’s friendship with the girl taking time off sports, though admittedly she didn’t know at the time that the girl had an eating disorder. Though she’d never say that to anyone because she knows this friend needs help, not disbelief because she “doesn’t look like she has one” – not that [name_f]Adalia[/name_f] would disbelieve her had she been told. [name_f]Adalia[/name_f] respects [name_f]Zhuri[/name_f] though she constantly reminds her daughter not to let popularity control how she takes care of her body. She wouldn’t want anything to negatively influence her daughter, but she’s made her daughter’s healing friend an exception. She perceives this friend as a victim, not a bad influence, even if there isn’t a clear perpetrator and it’s more of a battle against one’s own demons. And about Brooks’ significant other – she supports them a lot together! She knows it may be difficult that they don’t attend the same school but feels this keeps the romance less awkward in the long run. She also sees he feels really good around them and it’s for the right reasons, so that’s enough to make her approve. She also really supports the families of the people whose [name_f]Zhuri[/name_f] and [name_m]Brooks[/name_m] associate with. [name_f]Adalia[/name_f] feels being able to get along with them is beneficial to her children keeping those bonds with the people they want to hang out with.