COURAGE, DEAR HEART ; joining

[Nayru]

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Throughout the course of her short existence, Nayru had been told time and time again that she had had sisters, yes, but that they, along with her mother, had perished at birth. Her father had reassured her that she was a gift from the Goddesses themselves, a harbinger of peace and prosperity for their people. He had always been aware of her divine nature but had grown frustrated with her quickly, unable to understand why she was seemingly incapable of channeling the gifts she supposedly inherited. Sometimes, she had even wondered if her deceased sisters had been the ones blessed with clairvoyance- not her, not the heir to a throne of nothing.

Because of all that, Nayru had grown up in a restrained, protected place, never once being able to thrive as she should until she abandoned it. Here in Tanglewood, here in the wild, she was learning what it was like not to be a princess. She was escaping her familial duties because she knew with the utmost of certainty that there was nothing special about her. Nothing at all. Where once she had contemplated returning home, she knew now that such a possibility was out of the equation. This was home now and she'd never leave.

The tiny medic had, as usual, been out collecting herbs for her overflowing stock when she first heard her name. At first, she believed it to be some trick of the wind or even her own mind but as it continued, chattering on happily about a place called Banglehood, Nayru knew that this was a genuine anomaly. Abandoning the yarrow she had once been so keen on picking, the cream tabby quickly made her way towards the source, eyes widening as they landed upon the seal point tabby.

[b][color=#6b7e99]"Freyja," She echoed softly, her own lovely eyes studying the girl softly, [color=#6b7e99]"You're free to join, of course. My name is Nayru... was it you who said it just a few moments ago?"