I cant stand the sound

Tomie hadn't exactly had an easy start to her life, lots of moving around, lots of uncertainty, and now her brother was missing. The girl didn't really know how to help her mother but she did her best, but she was also dealing with the deep feeling of loss she didn't know how to handle herself. Still, being moved yet again wasn't as hard on her as it might have been even months earlier, she made sure to stick as close to her mother as she could without getting in the way, and keeping an eye on her sister too. They moved across the too-hot sands, an extreme change from the cold of the north, and when their mother stopped Tomie could not have known what the reason was. There was a strong scent here, unfamiliar and the girl inched forward nose twitching. She skittered back as her mother told them not to leave her sight and Tomie nodded along with Jay.

Then a totally new woman showed up, and the little girl looked up at her. She was smaller than their mother but she held herself with an authority Tomie was not used to seeing. She introduced herself and Tomie did not wait for a response from her mother, stepping forwards to proudly declare herself: " 'M Tomie!" She gave a definitive nod of her head when she said her name, chest puffing out and a little pride in her voice. She wasn't used to introducing herself with her family name so just given name for now.

"Tomie"