Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28358106-20170704201937/@comment-28358106-20170719041002

(S9) The girls all seem stunned, with the exception of Gemmi, who begins trying and failing to put her foot behind her head.

"A place among our family? As to say, to live with us?" Aurum says carefully.

"Wait a second," Lucida says, abandoning all precepts of secrecy, "We only suggested that you go and apologize for what happened."

"And she did, which was the honorable thing to do," Tirush says. Her voice takes a tone that Kioshi would not otherwise recognize, but it stirs something within her. It is a mother's plea, a balance of authority and gentle understanding.

"Children, listen to my words. This girl has no family.  She was taken from her home to be trained in the arts of secret warfare, and has done nothing else since.  She has known no warm hearth, no warmth of family.  She has known no love of a sibling, and has never shared a meal with one to call kin.  Her heart is young, like yours, and a heart so young must be filled with love, lest something dark and cold take its place.  I know you have this love, because you gave it to me, and my beloved Partha.  You may not understand it, but you took us in.  Because of you, we again know the love of family, and now, I ask of you to do the same once more.  I cannot tell you what to say, but I cannot turn away this need."

The girls are all quiet as they listen. Aurora, having hidden herself behind Ferra, peeks out and speaks in a quiet voice.

"I know what it's like to not have any family. It's not any good at all..."

Aurum looks to Kioshi, her pretty face drawn with sadness. "Is...what she says true, Kioshi?"