after all [Ashmedai]

The woman's words spoke of her age. She had accepted the flow of life and followed it. Ashmedai wasn't really sure where he fell in that cycle. He guessed he was still fighting to find his place in the flow.

"Pick ourselves up and continue, huh?"

Apparently the kingdom she came from still existed. Lirika explained how she found her heritage, pointing out the feathers on her chest. Ashmedai almost snorted, "Sorry, I'm really sorry- I just, I haven't seen anything like that before and I wondered if maybe you grew them from your chest and I didn't think I should really poke into bird-wolf business."

Ashmedai composed himself, licking his lips nervously. "What do they mean? I have a friend who's whole family is named after birds. Her name is Sparrow. Maybe she'd like something like that? It could remind her of her home and her ancestors that live far away from this region."

Now that Ash thought about it, she got her name from her mother's side of the family and she wasn't on best terms with her mother. Maybe a feather would be a terrible gift.