To me, all life is precious. Children more so. Even at a young age I shared in my mother's enthusiasm for children. After all, she had given birth to a horde of pups. My eldest siblings, me and my brother, and my younger sisters. There is plenty of love to go around despite how cast away we all are. I planned to remedy that soon, or at least visit them. On the edge of the sea, where the spray hit the walls of the craggy outlooks, sometimes I think I can here her pretty voice. Natu speaking to me across the spans of space and time. She warms me with her love, my mother the Windwalker. My parents gave each of us a piece of them. My brothers are more like my father in many ways and us girls more like our mother. I got the gentle piece of her and I think she would have wanted me to keep the connection of us all together.
He dips his head to me and I can't help but drop my eyes in shyness. No matter how old I get, I still feel a patter in my gut whenever an adult shows me any sort of kindness or deference, for I will always feel younger than them. Younger, but not useless. As the healer part of me takes over I become more confident - just as Thor had helped me to be all those years ago. As Hadrian had with his firm teachings. He hadn't scolded me but then again, he never needed to. I was an excellent student, always listening attentively, eager to please.
My eyes fasten upon him with clinical calculation but they are softened by the compassion on my face. It is where I veered from others, perhaps, in that I felt too much. I was too empathetic to be a killer or assassin. Healing was my calling, regardless of crime. In truth I hadn't been hinting at the father's identity, although I suspect Eden leaps around it for unknown reasons, and anyways, I didn't want him to think me a spy or thief of secrets. I do remember my mother speaking to father in those nights, questioning him about her curiosity of Eden. I do not harbor the same thoughts. He hasn't bothered me in my life here and has encouraged my training and thus has earned my loyalty if for no other reason.
"Multiple males would be just as well as one, I should think. You have an extensive family and I am sure they could help each other in this task. Maybe they could go without a father figure, but family is always important." I say that because mine shaped me. I suppose I never knew it from the other side of things. He next asks me of Ehiyeh and there is a pause in his words, a caution that lends me to believe he is concerned. I frown slightly, considering. "She seems.. beset. Plagued by a ghost, I suppose, although it could simply be wariness. Raising pups is not an easy task and they do require constant supervision and maintenance. I would suggest breaks at times. I am willing to watch the children so that she can rest or simply do whatever might please her. Sometimes rest isn't all that is required." I offer a gentle, genuine smile then. Healing came in all forms.
My smile becomes more tentative for a moment as I look at him more nervously now. "I... I am sorry to change the subject, Sir Eden, but I was wondering. I haven't seen Abel in a while and I wondered... is he okay?" He had been my friend and I had been steadfast in the belief that he could overcome adversity, remembering running up the dunes as Eden instructed to help battle his will against that of his - thankfully now absent - sister.