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[div style="width: 360px; font-family: palatino; color: #c48d85; text-align: left; padding-top: 15px; padding-left: 10px"]T͏O̴G͠ETH͏ER̕ ÁT̴ ̸T̕H̶E ST͏ART̶ O͏F̀ ̵TI̡M͏E
Alcohol was nearly entirely foreign in all but name to the petite vixen. Mostly because she stayed away from it. She was... Older than she looked. But still. It had never appealed to her, or really occurred to her, to drink in the first place. Even in bouts of... Unhappy days.
Since the tremors, she'd been... Tired. Uneasy. Lingering in a house that didn't belong to her. Waiting for the owner to come back to her. For once... She was determined to wait. Not give up this time. Not on him. Not when he had spent nights awake, regaling her with stories to help her sleep, to fight her glitches, to fight the insomnia. To just... Be there. A friend.
And it was easier to lock herself inside that house, bury herself in a book, then to try facing the outside. Especially after being demoted. She just felt... Ashamed. Cabin fever was beginning to sink in however and slowly, almost methodically, Kiira padded outside. Then promptly beelined for the trees, head down, though that was hardly anything new for anyone who noticed her. She had always been... Quiet.
She knew something of parents. Or... S̻̟̓͘uv̢̐i knew something of parents. Of saying goodbye to a mother long before she was ready, before she could even run even. Of waiting for letters over the ocean from her father. K̳̎ii̩̰̎͝ṙ̲a͎̥̍͆ knew ṋ̀o̩͝t͗ͅhį͌n̍͢g̹̓. She was just a fractured soul. A piece someone didn't want of themself.
She heard of Ryder. She knew Leroy had left. It couldn't be easy. Still, the concern Aurum felt almost immediately spread. That was a lot of empty bottles. Rather than speak, the arctic fox just plopped down. Everything felt heavy. Her right ear began phasing away and she tilted her head thoughtfully. The hangover wouldn't be fun. But Ryder didn't look like he was having much fun in the first place.
"... D-do you wanna talk?" Stars. Her voice was softer than she remembered. But it'd been a while since she spoke. Still. She couldn't think of much else to say. What was there to say?
[/td][/tr][/table]Since the tremors, she'd been... Tired. Uneasy. Lingering in a house that didn't belong to her. Waiting for the owner to come back to her. For once... She was determined to wait. Not give up this time. Not on him. Not when he had spent nights awake, regaling her with stories to help her sleep, to fight her glitches, to fight the insomnia. To just... Be there. A friend.
And it was easier to lock herself inside that house, bury herself in a book, then to try facing the outside. Especially after being demoted. She just felt... Ashamed. Cabin fever was beginning to sink in however and slowly, almost methodically, Kiira padded outside. Then promptly beelined for the trees, head down, though that was hardly anything new for anyone who noticed her. She had always been... Quiet.
She knew something of parents. Or... S̻̟̓͘uv̢̐i knew something of parents. Of saying goodbye to a mother long before she was ready, before she could even run even. Of waiting for letters over the ocean from her father. K̳̎ii̩̰̎͝ṙ̲a͎̥̍͆ knew ṋ̀o̩͝t͗ͅhį͌n̍͢g̹̓. She was just a fractured soul. A piece someone didn't want of themself.
She heard of Ryder. She knew Leroy had left. It couldn't be easy. Still, the concern Aurum felt almost immediately spread. That was a lot of empty bottles. Rather than speak, the arctic fox just plopped down. Everything felt heavy. Her right ear began phasing away and she tilted her head thoughtfully. The hangover wouldn't be fun. But Ryder didn't look like he was having much fun in the first place.
"... D-do you wanna talk?" Stars. Her voice was softer than she remembered. But it'd been a while since she spoke. Still. She couldn't think of much else to say. What was there to say?
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