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The two women of New Dawn had more things in common pulling them together then they realized. Though they had both suffered underneath the paws of knife-wielding sociopaths, the females had also experienced similar childhoods. Though the Luperci virus was brought upon Palaydrian’s birth pack by her great grandmother, her pup hood was spent knowing her place and keeping to her family as they were the sole carriers of the genetic mutation. Much like Fayne’s birth pack, there was a certain stigma about their “dirty blood” and much was unknown about the effects of Luperci, but Drin fortunately did not have to suffer through her family and her pack brothers and sisters being torn apart by their differences. She had been run off the lands and forced to never actually say goodbye to her family. Drin didn’t know what Fayne’s story was, or how she had come to New Dawn...that would be a story she would perhaps learn in time, but the Siamese woman had more than a hunch that the silver woman beside her struggled with shifting to her optime form for some reason.
Drin had initially been uncomfortable transitioning to her two-legged form as well, mostly because it had been so taboo in her homelands, but upon finding New Dawn, she learned its members embraced Luperci instead of banning it. On her first day within her new home territory, she had even shifted and used the form to learn a new skill. What initially was fear for humanized things, quickly turned into fascination within her short time in the ‘Souls lands, and the woman came to find her Optime form desirable instead of a curse. She was learning how to write, draw, leatherwork, and even perfecting her gardening in this form. Good and evil exists in all forms, why should she like the ignorant dogs in birth pack believe that the Luperci virus only represented what was bad? ANd she couldn’t, the woman was finding too many things to be beautiful in this form. The root of good and evil exists in the character of the being within the form, not the form itself. She wanted Fayne to see this, to realize that being in Optime wasn’t something to fear, no it was a body they could strengthen and use as a tool for good.
Palay responded to Fayne’s comments with soft whimper of sympathy. She understood how daunting Optime must be for the woman if she wasn’t already comfortable in it. Believe me, I felt the same way about this form before coming to New Dawn...it’s scary when you’re so used to being on four legs, but now that I’ve practically been forced to stay in it, she gave a small chuckle, I’m finding all the positives of this form and learning the ins and outs of it’s abilities. Drin nodded her head with assurance, there really was so much you could do with five fingers. You may think you’re useless now, but when we come back from Casa de Cavalieri, we’ll both feel more comfortable in this skin and far more capable than our old selves that got taken advantage by Aram and Amy. Her muzzle moved down to playfully nip at Fayne’s paws. You’ll learn so much about what we can do with these things, that you’ll be busy up to your ears with making improvements within the lands, she laughed now, turning her attention back to the garden. All this for example, done by hand, she held hers up in reference. These are capable of so much, if you allow them to flourish like this garden...come let’s head back and start planning our trip, she said as she slipped off the rock. I can’t hide away in New Dawn forever, and the world is moving on.
With that, the women said their mental goodbyes to the little bit of Eden within New Dawn and walked Optime by lupine back towards the den. Fayne and Drin were taking their lives into their own hands/paws, they would no longer be victims to the evil in the world, they would prepare themselves for the future and better themselves in the long run. With Tharin as their chaperone within a few days, the trio would make their way to Casa and begin learning the art of hand to hand combat....Aram and Amy, watch out.
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