Feel the beat now if you've got nothing left

Nova’s ears flicked back at the words, giving a snort at the words the male spoke. “What I know? You mean a bunch of bullshit and lies? Yeah, I think I’m ready to leave that behind.” Her words were bitter as Nova averted her gaze, feeling resentment climb up into her heart. Her mother’s leaving had created a crater in her heart. Her family wandering away from Celestial one by one tore into her… until finally she felt like it was her, Chasm, and Adore and she just… left. She was tired of trying to hold herself together in a place where things only reminded her of pain.

“Do you realize what going after an empire might cost you, potentially?” Nova’s words quieted. “When my mother was injured in a raid on our home she lost her goddamn mind. Are you sure that in going after an empire, where you’d be challenged for the right to rule, where you’d be fighting goodness knows how much, that you’d manage to keep yourself whole?” Nova shifted her gaze back to the man, frowning deeply. “When others fight… all it causes is heartbreak and destruction. Are you prepared to endure that?”

It was always something baffling to her how her mother was the only one to truly lose herself in Celestial after that attack. Maybe she was being extreme because of Marina’s fall. Maybe part of her blamed the pack that couldn’t save her. Maybe Nova just blamed the world, because she didn’t know who was at fault, or what, for her mother losing herself and abandoning them. She still didn’t look at the male, speaking softly once more.

“That’s out of line, I guess. Could say I’m just a kid pissed her mama went off and left her behind.” She gave a bitter smile as she looked at the male again. She wasn't sure what he'd make of her little spheil. But she felt that something was going to change that day... for better or worse.