04-10-2020, 01:24 AM
Rena stared. Not because the woman seemed to be half naked. But because she could see a....glow. Around her. Around Ilesha. And she felt something break.
Her entire life, she was an outsider. Roma, for one. Which meant that wherever they went, the local community looked on them with suspicion. No. She was being to generous. Like rats. Vermin.
So there was that.
And then that her family was at nominally part of some secret group. And yeah, dado and daya didn't really practice it, they had enough fear that Rena and Nina had to be careful about what they said. Where they went. What they saw.
And finally Rena herself, realizing she was different from even her family. Hiding even from Nina, what she could do.
And outsider, looking in, desperate to find a place to belong.
In the space of a few minutes, she found it. Maybe she was being naive. But she felt a kinship with these women. A connection she didn't know was possible.
Was this what it felt to be normal? She stood up quickly, nodding more vigorously than she realized. Was she drunk? She'd had two. Which was her limit. She wasn't a heavy drinker. But the excitement made her feel like bouncing.
"Yes. Let's do that."
Yes. She wanted to go to wherever they lead. She had so many questions. She wanted to understand. Lyra was not even a consideration, if she had paused. The woman was likely trying to see if she could either if the other women- or both- into her bed.
No. Rena had found something and she didn't want to lose it.
Her entire life, she was an outsider. Roma, for one. Which meant that wherever they went, the local community looked on them with suspicion. No. She was being to generous. Like rats. Vermin.
So there was that.
And then that her family was at nominally part of some secret group. And yeah, dado and daya didn't really practice it, they had enough fear that Rena and Nina had to be careful about what they said. Where they went. What they saw.
And finally Rena herself, realizing she was different from even her family. Hiding even from Nina, what she could do.
And outsider, looking in, desperate to find a place to belong.
In the space of a few minutes, she found it. Maybe she was being naive. But she felt a kinship with these women. A connection she didn't know was possible.
Was this what it felt to be normal? She stood up quickly, nodding more vigorously than she realized. Was she drunk? She'd had two. Which was her limit. She wasn't a heavy drinker. But the excitement made her feel like bouncing.
"Yes. Let's do that."
Yes. She wanted to go to wherever they lead. She had so many questions. She wanted to understand. Lyra was not even a consideration, if she had paused. The woman was likely trying to see if she could either if the other women- or both- into her bed.
No. Rena had found something and she didn't want to lose it.