Rule #1

She was a little bit taken aback by Cloudburst's kind response. Lia half-expected to be rebuked, which would only add fuel to her fire... but with his kindness, he'd managed to douse her teenage fury to a few glowing coals. "Oh... uh." What was the matter? Her dad had run off. Acere's mate was missing along with some of his kids. She felt pulled in several different directions and Incendio had grown horns and she hadn't. Ugh. Everything was the matter! Idalia grumbled and averted her eyes. Trying to put her thoughts into words was much harder than she'd thought. "Well, I guess..." she trailed off. Why was this so difficult? "Everything sucks," she finished lamely. Idalia sighed. That didn't really sum it up at all. "Dad's fucked off somewhere, Acere's mate is A.W.O.L along with one of his kids and everyone just keeps going like stuff is normal and it's not. Everything is messed up!" That felt a little bit better. Lia stood up and shook the fine new winter snow off of her coat. More than anything else, she felt incredibly lonely.

"But I guess training might be okay." It might even be fun. Truthfully, Lia was starved for attention and she didn't want to admit it. Cloudburst's kindness was the kindness she'd been looking for in Tyranis' absence. She just needed a little love.