Lost. That was one way to put it. I don't know if I could come back from being lost at this point. No home left to go back to, no one I knew. No where to turn. What was there for me but to roam endlessly in the common lands without a grain of salt leading the way? I hated that I sounded so pathetic to the femme, and there was something about her that made me want to address her as queen. It was a strange feeling, but I wasn't about to fight the feeling. I looked up from my paws, a dead feeling settling in my chest. I shook my head, listening to the words that she told me. "I may have years ahead of me, but I feel like I have nothing left to live for. I feel so lost, like I have no sense of what I should be doing with my life." I shake my head again as I look back to the ground, clenching my claws into the ground beneath me.

I lifted my eyes to her when she spoke her name. "I'm Maris." I did my best to give her a smile, albeit weak and under-formed. I looked back towards the water for a moment, wondering what I should say. "I was born to my mom late in her life, she was seventeen when she had me and my brother. My father, he was six? It was strange, but she was my best friend. But then dad was busy all the time, sometimes I rarely saw him, and then my brother and he both disappeared. She died a few months ago, and now, I have no home, no one to look towards for guidance, or comfort." The words poured from my mouth without me realizing I was telling my life story. I shook my whole body, my head dropping. "I did not mean to bombard you with that, I'm sorry." I can't believe I was telling a near stranger this. What was I thinking?! I don't know who she is, or what she wants, yet I can't help but feel like I need to tell my story to someone, maybe someone would see who I was. Maybe I'd have a life after all? I doubted it right now.