Tiana, her first Year

Fifth in a series of character-building vignettes following a bunch of characters through their time at Addergoole & beyond.

We have not seen Tiana before; Gerulf we have seen as a kid in the Baram's house-Elves stories.

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Year 27

"Didn't your family have Kept?"

Gerulf was looking at Tiana as if she was some sort of strange creature he'd found in the bottom of the ocean. She, in return, was trying to fold up into a ball.

"My family are human. Normal, safe, everyday humans." She couldn't stand the way he was looking at her, and he wouldn't stop. "They do normal, safe, everyday things."

"It's ten years after the apocalypse. Nobody's doing 'nice, safe, everyday' things."
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Ummmm so (flightrising)

Soar stared at the hatchlings. "Are they old enough yet?"

Serenade was no good at this mothering stuff, and, besides, she was sitting a nest right now. She let Shiver handle it.

"They're not grown yet." Her mate's rumbling voice was very patient.

"When will they be grown?" The adolescent female's voice, on the other hand, was not.

"Soon. You took a while to grow, too, you know."

Soar stomped both front feet. "I want to fight in the Colosseeeeeum. Everyone else gets to fight."

"Everyone else had to wait for their age-mates, too. Patience, Soar. It will come soon enough."

"Not soon enough." She stomped her feet again, sulking. Serenade turned back to her eggs. They would hatch soon enough, too.