Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-31049256-20170816034817/@comment-28358106-20170820023930

(S9/Ki) "Well, um...wait..." Aegis looks at Kioshi with a hint of suspicion. "You mean to tell me you don't actually..." She stops herself. "...Oh. Right.  You like him." She gets a sympathetic look on her face, averting her eyes. "Well, Ki, it's like this..."

The lump that is Partha beneath Aegis's wings stir, and her muffled voice can be heard.

"Aegis? I'm feeling a lot better now." She pokes her head out. "Can we go back and thank the ice cream lady?"

Aegis opens her mouth to to protest, but regret washes over her, changing her body language. "...Okay, sure. I figure I owe her, too.  But let's wait until Aurum gets back, okay?"

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Aurum sees that she has taken Brad by complete surprise twice in a row. She doesn't hammer her point home by gloating, because that would surrender her high moral ground. She sticks to the facts.

"Yes, my sister. My father adopted her and her team at the request of my second mother, and you should be grateful that I don't tell either one of them who you are and what you tried to do.  In fact, if they ask, I just may indulge them.  My mother you can't miss; you probably heard her roar a short while ago."

She finishes her sentence as she's walking away.

Shortly after Aegis finished speaking to Partha, they all see Aurum walking up to them. She has a small, serene smile on her face; not one of triumph, but a smile of one who knows they have just overcome an obstacle.