another hundred miles ● asteri

[bai shi]

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THE KINGPIN

golden lung dragon & black jaguar w/ vitiligo & platinum silver fox. unknown age - ancient. bai shi lynn lingré. proper chinese name is lin bai. prefers lynn if close. they/them. blind. wind element & electric element. firstborn son of jerisidie lingré & current head of family/general. courting delilah evergarden & halo mercer. kingpin of alithís evgenis. demiromantic gray-asexual. parent of veris, arvin, leoku, erian, flos, kekhai, evarhi, and laeglin. elder brother of ramona and hope, uncle of quennel and cosette.

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it was strange to feel relief that she would offer them such an aid, as much as it was a  irritant to their pride to need aid. they couldn't help the deep rumble in their throat, a soft croon escaping them before it could be held back. her name was a name that held a deeply important place in their heart, a name that their first mate had borne. taking a deep breath, they soothed the frantic knocking of their heart. this could not be their asteri, no.

had it been him .. they would have had their ears scolded from their head and then given the affection they had been denied since his death. "a rare and beautiful name. i apologize ... someone very, very dear to me once held that name as well. ah, my tongue is usually very sharp, ask any of my friends and enemies. gentle voices take you further than harsh ones." they would quietly murmur. "any amount of guidance would be wonderful." they respond, accepting her offer.

They were loathe to leave her side, if only because she was friendly, or if it was her name. They felt .... comforted by that fact.