TOO MANY WAR WOUNDS AND NOT ENOUGH WARS // O, joining

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[b][color=#6b7e99]"My mother is dead too."

Nayru had silently joined the group before speaking, her cerulean eyes overshadowed by some indistinguishable emotion - potentially sadness. Perhaps Whisper's words hit too close, managing to stir something in the small medic that she had long since repressed. Mother had never been terrible to her... no, everyone described her as a true angel: compassionate, caring, selfless. It was her father who was the awful one, denying her of every right to be a child and then laying his expectations upon her frail shoulders and belittling her every time she failed. Heir to a throne of nothing... the title still haunted her, even now, even when her life resembled something moderately okay, happy even.

She swallowed, thinking carefully about the next words to leave her mouth. [color=#6b7e99]"My father was the terrible one so I understand where you're coming from," She supplied. This conversation was awkward for her and admittedly, Nayru didn't know why she thought it was good to give a complete stranger the run-down on her parent situation. Maybe it was because she craved to not be the only one with rocky relations to the ones who birthed her. Even Freyja, her sister, had a healthy relationship with the female who had taken her in after their father had cast her out. In that sense, she felt completely and utterly alone.

Regardless, embarrassment heated her cheeks and she looked away, a low hiss emitting from the alligator that she had forgotten was perched on her head. Right... yes... Chad didn't like quick, jumpy movements like that. He got antsy, aggressive. Hoping that she didn't succeed in riling him up too much, Nayru glanced momentarily at Fenri and then back at Whisper, the ghost of a bittersweet smile touching her pale maw now. [color=#6b7e99]"I like my family here. They're nice, so nice... you're part of it now, you know," Nayru extended, still sounding painfully awkward. But the attempt was there. [color=#6b7e99]"My name is Nayru, it's nice to meet you."