A Home If You Want It

Avantika · 12-23-2020, 02:32 PM

The world felt blurry and somehow soft, like someone had stuffed cotton balls into her ears. She couldn't focus as Resin welcomed her in to the family. A good family, she made a point to emphasize. Even Avantika noticed that. The bubble of sunshine in her belly grew and grew until she felt like she might actually be glowing from happiness. The gray woman's gaze was becoming less and less threatening as she grew used to its intensity. Someday maybe she'd be bold enough to ask her about her scars. She was pretty old, from the look of it. Older than anyone else she'd seen before, probably. They could have come from separate incidents. It didn't really matter now, regardless.

She remained standing where she was. Reaching out for physical affection wasn't exactly on her radar right then. She didn't really know that it was something others might want. She was a solitary creature, not by nature but by nurture. She'd have to be nurtured right back out of the hole of loneliness she was unwittingly trapped in.

Avantika pondered Resin's next question for a moment. What would she like to learn about most? All of a sudden, she realized it wasn't so difficult to answer at all. She enjoyed sparring with Rudy that time, and even practicing on her own. Fighting was a skill she could bet on needing eventually, anyway. She never wanted to feel helpless again. And it wasn't like it wasn't fun. She'd enjoy it even more if she was better at it. "Fighting." She offered up a shy smile. "But--uh... talking, too." It would be so much easier to be around people if she knew more words.

"speak"

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A Home If You Want It

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