[ Casting away the false world leaves her breathless, little needles poking into her heart over and over. No, don't let it fall away. Don't take it away from her. She's almost too desperate to hear him—but she does.
She does hear him.
A phoenix.
A beautiful, majestic creature that rises from the ashes of its failure.
Tears sparkle in her avian eyes. The apartment's dark, but she takes everything in. ]
I...
[ Her talons click and clack on the hardwood floor as she follows, as if afraid to be too far away. ]
I am...? I'm a Sungazer...? E- even though...though w-w-we're not— I'm st-still—
[ Ah... The vague memories of earlier, more effective speech therapy fade from her mind. Her parents didn't care to enroll her in it, after all, until she herself asked, with Cairo's support. Her parents didn't care to think it was a problem they could solve, just another part of her that made her wrong, bad. Another way she was, inherently, lesser. Eridanus regards her with such kindness, but she can't see beyond those fears. ]
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She does hear him.
A phoenix.
A beautiful, majestic creature that rises from the ashes of its failure.
Tears sparkle in her avian eyes. The apartment's dark, but she takes everything in. ]
I...
[ Her talons click and clack on the hardwood floor as she follows, as if afraid to be too far away. ]
I am...? I'm a Sungazer...? E- even though...though w-w-we're not— I'm st-still—
[ Ah... The vague memories of earlier, more effective speech therapy fade from her mind. Her parents didn't care to enroll her in it, after all, until she herself asked, with Cairo's support. Her parents didn't care to think it was a problem they could solve, just another part of her that made her wrong, bad. Another way she was, inherently, lesser. Eridanus regards her with such kindness, but she can't see beyond those fears. ]