05-16-2010, 01:21 AM
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She set the book aside as Kaena came in, idly swinging her feet for a moment as the grey-furred hybrid came close. It was hard for her not to be unnerved, whether it was from the fact that she had company or because that company was her mother was hard to say. It had been a long while since they had interacted, aside from when she had initially come home; any communication between them had come years ago. So long ago that for her it was hard to pinpoint when exactly. She didn’t know how to act, so she played it by ear. She played it all by ear.
“It’s a story about how a human made a creature,” she said, glancing down briefly at the faded cover. “He made a creature so hideous and vile that he fled, leaving it to roam and fend for itself. I’ve read it before, it’s an interesting story.” Every time she had read it, she had found something new that hadn’t been there before. Just like every time she had ever come and gone from Inferni, there was something new. This time it was Haku’s crown being thrown out; last time it had been Andrezej’s demise. But those were only minor highlights, or at least the latter was.
But there were also far more interesting things to examine at hand. “What brings out way out here?” At the very least, even in light of not knowing entirely how to act around her mother, Corona still maintained the ability to uphold something of a conversation. It wasn’t her strong suit — then again, was it really anyone’s? They were supposed to be decidedly social creatures, but it seemed that any more the only sociability they had came in the form of belonging to the same home. At least that could be said of her family, anyway.