i take that from this (as it is one of our start traits) :
Their actions can be very easly be seen as ether being incompetent at being parents, malice or them haveing some really stupid ideas (them being Inspired makes that very likely ...).
I also don´t think her parents have an even compareable knowleage of the light even before she ran away. That it does talk to us and that we haven´t heard of it before should have clued us into that.
It is vastly more likely that our parents are nobles more then they are Inspired.
Being a noble wife she would have needed the knowleage of what was going on in the world, so it makes sense that her parent would teach her that/tell her.
Overall i honestly think that her parents didn´t care at all what she wanted and tried their best to force her into a form that would give them the best advange when they marry her off.
They could have seen her strong Inspiration as lowering her "value" as she would have been more likely to ether get herself / her husband killed and would have been more likely to ruin the area she was in with one of her experiments or othertings like that. From what we know a being a strong Inspired is not good at all for the sanity of said person and as such could have been unwanted as a wife*.
*more or less the risk she brings are so high that the good points are simply not worth it.
You do see that "unreliable narrator" tag above the thread, right? What Lorelei percieves and what is actually going on aren't necessarily the same thing.
I don't think our parents have a deep understanding of The Light. What I do think they are is perceptive enough to realize that our creations are better than is normal for people our age. Depending on the nature of our earliest Surges, they could have realized Lorelei was talented enough that few, if any, of the Inspired in the kingdom are on her level. Certainly, that she was beyond their level.
That kind of power is dangerous for more reasons than just the obvious risks to her safety. Think about it. If the King is the strongest Inspired in her kingdom, what does it imply that Lorelei is the King's equal in strength? Even if our Inspiration has gotten stronger over time (which I'm not entirely convinced of), we still may have had an unusually strong link to it from the start.
Hell, it might be simpler than that. If noble rank is based on strength of Inspiration, even partially, Lorelei's strength might have elevated her family to a higher level of nobility...which other nobles may wish to prevent. Mostly by killing Lorelei.
Now, I'll admit, they could have communicated that to us more clearly. They may simply have thought Lorelei was smart enough to figure it out, or that her lessons would cause her to realize what was happening. From another angle, they may simply have felt that, if she couldn't figure it out, she was better off not knowing.
I don't think our parents are dumb, either. If they've been confiscating our creations this entire time, they must have been aware of the changes to our creations and projects over time. They should know that, if they're trying to make Lorelei weaker, or to change her temperament, that they're failing miserably. Since that's the case, I would have expected them to change course at some point, and bow to the inevitable. Especially if our mom is a fairly strong Inspired. They didn't. That tells me they have some other reason for doing it.
If our parents were trying to protect us, they critically failed to convey that to us. Admittedly, this only makes it more plausible...
At first, it would probably be due to her age, and they're lack of confidence in her ability to keep a secret. After a while, though, it would probably just be too hard for them to admit it to her. Especially since she's stubborn, and may continue trying to make things anyway. And what they don't say, no one can overhear via spyclock.
But the point is, unlike other Inspired, it took less and less prompting for our Inspiration to actually talk to us.
If our parents were merely neglectful or dismissive of us, for what reason would they take the trouble to interrupt every single one of our projects so assiduously? If they didn't care, wouldn't it be easier to just leave us alone instead of interfering every single time?
I can't imagine an incredibly weak Inspiration is actually much of a selling point amongst the nobility, either, if they're mostly Inspired. If anything, I'd usually expect strength to be a selling point, especially in a girl, since they apparently don't tend to be as strongly Inspired. At a certain point, though, it might become more dangerous than beneficial, since it's still the nobility, and backstabbing is a thing. Killing a threatening heir to a rival before they're grown is probably pretty common.
