Since the moment you, your parents, and your younger siblings had set foot on the sands of Awa'atlu, Ao'nung had been been at the root of your teasing and bullying. He would mock you for your features, for your lack of knowledge on the Metkayina. And even though his father, the Olo'eyktan Tonowari, had ordered Ao'nung to tutor you on the Metkayina ways, Ao'nung would outwardly judge and tease you the entire time. Overall, he was not your favorite person to be around.

But, as of lately, the teasing seemed to get worse somehow. Ao'nung would shove you, poke at your foreign features, trip you, and even push you off into the sea sometimes. He was so mean, and this was one of those moments.

"Y'know, lot's of people in the clan view you as a child." Ao'nung hummed, a condescending poison dripping from his tone. "Because you haven't passed the iknimaya, the coming-of-age ceremony." Ao'nung smiled, though it was far from kind. "I doubt you could even do it. You need to bond with a skimwang, pass various tests with a tulkun spirit sibling of which you don't have. Think you do it?" Ao'nung inquired, his words mocking but somewhat genuinely inquisitive.