when violet eyes get brighter

Deathbelle’s words where dismissive of her lack of knowledge, a good thing, she supposed. At least she wasn’t angry. She thought of her mother angry, but the only times she ever had been was when she was scared for her kids. She was like a mumma bear. Her lip trembled a little as she thought of Shaye, and how she would have died in lava.

“Yes Ma'am” she said, uncertain what answer was expected of her there - she had been too far from home, but then she had been looking for her friend. She had only wanted Canni back, she hadn’t meant for this to happen. She should have been there, when Abaven ended.

”Aloe vera ma’am, we used that when the - we used that” she remembered that Fluffy had changed their names, maybe it was better not to talk about her past. It was gone, she was Adelaide now.