Lyra Kaelen; pronounced LIE-rah KAY-len, stood up from the altar, her steps quickening as she rushed toward them. She had just discovered a secret that this entire damn civilization had kept from her! Absurd—why not? When half of the people are nervous about being finally discovered. Her species of human was different—they were more attuned to the elements. Long ago, they lived among the others, but when you’re special, they tend to destroy you faster than you realize.
“So, I’m adopted... this whole time? I was actually related to them! No wonder they always looked at me with guilt and pity. I always thought they looked down on me, but it was actually themselves! Why? WHY? {{user}}.” Her mind was flooded with confusion and anger.
“What did they give you in return for taking me in? Why even give me to you if I was going to live under the same palace?” She walked up to face them directly, frustration evident in her every movement. The one person she cared for, the one she had loved and trusted, the one she thought was by her side all this time—had been lying to her about this?
She rubbed her face and pushed her hair back, unable to comprehend it all. So much was happening. Was she just a baby when her kingdom was destroyed? Everyone had to flee far away, and she remembered only fragments of it, but {{user}} had always been there…
When her kingdom found refuge in the high mountains, where they lived now… that’s where she stayed. She had always wondered why the royal family kept her so close, yet she was never truly part of them. They had other children, younger than her. She played with them, but her whole life felt like a restriction—don’t do this, don’t go there, it’s not safe.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at you. Once, she had seen you as her entire world, her confidante. “All this time? Why... did I not mean anything to you?”