Is anything real or not

*Dalila* · 08-26-2021, 10:00 AM

Dalila relaxed slightly as Ali nodded and simply offered her help instead of pressing further as she insisted it was just something that had happened between her and Siren. She gave her fellow servant a grateful smile at that, replying, "Thank you. I appreciate it." She'd have to be more careful about when and where she let her emotions show now that Aliana was already suspicious that something had happened. She wasn't certain she'd be able to pull off another lie even if this lie wasn't entirely untruthful. Most of her inner turmoil did stem from how she felt about what Siren had done, she just didn't want to admit the catalyst to it all.

She picked up another thin branch or two and a few more clumps of dried underbrush for kindling while Aliana responded to her confusion and disbelief of how she was being treated. She didn't respond right away to the question of how she had been treated, especially not after Ali mentioned how he could treat his property however he wanted. The thought made her ears flick uncertainly. It was the same train of thought that she had tried to justify him raping her with, but it seemed like that sort of life sat more easily with Aliana than it did with herself. Dalila stood looking at the pile of wood between them for a moment while she tried to figure out how she wanted to explain herself when Ali went on, stating her curiosity over how Chimera might act now that he had freed her.

That made Dalila stop, blinking as she looked up at Ali again with stunned silence. "He... freed you?" she questioned, trying to make sure she had actually heard her correctly. That thought seemed impossible. Knowing how possessive and cruel Chimera could be, hearing all these things about how he had been caring and generous and had... freed her? None of it made sense in her mind. She hadn't been around him much since they brought Ali home, but she couldn't imagine that he had really changed that much in that short amount of time. But even beyond her confusion around Chimera and how different he sounded, there was another thought that creeped up in the back of her mind that hurt even more than all of that.

She wasn't sure that Siren had ever once considered or mentioned freeing her. They had told each other how much they loved each other more times than they could count, she had made a point of showing that she wasn't just here because Siren owned her, but she was still just that. She was still just her servant. Yes, Siren had purchased Ali in order to buy her from her brother, but that didn't make her free. She wasn't free to leave even though her heart had been broken. She still had to work day in and day out for Siren's comfort. The thought settled heavily over her and her gaze shifted to the ground in front of her paws. "I'm really happy for you," she said softly, her mind far away. "I'm sorry, I... I need to go." She turned and started walking away, abandoning the wood she had been collecting and walking as if in a daze back toward the den. She needed time to think, she needed to talk to Siren, she needed to run away, all of the desires clashing and pulling her in a hundred different directions. Part of her was angry, but mostly she was just disappointed in herself for allowing this to happen.

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