She noticed the way he moved, as if he'd been hurt, and she chewed on her lower lip rather than comment on it. Her shoe drew another line on the ground.
"I was born in a commune just outside of Seattle," she told Cian, averting her gaze because this was hard for her. "Mama met Papa while he was doing history research, and they moved in together in the compound. Everything was really great for a while. And then they found out I was a half-breed and that it was because of Papa's genes. They said we had to leave."
Shame. Echo was used to shame. At the way she'd been treated, the way it made her feel, the way people she had thought were friends had looked at her. As if she were a freak. It made her heart hurt.
She looked up into his face, curiosity battling it out with caution. "Does it hurt when you shift? Is that why your back's bothering you?"
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on 2013-09-15 09:21 am (UTC)"I was born in a commune just outside of Seattle," she told Cian, averting her gaze because this was hard for her. "Mama met Papa while he was doing history research, and they moved in together in the compound. Everything was really great for a while. And then they found out I was a half-breed and that it was because of Papa's genes. They said we had to leave."
Shame. Echo was used to shame. At the way she'd been treated, the way it made her feel, the way people she had thought were friends had looked at her. As if she were a freak. It made her heart hurt.
She looked up into his face, curiosity battling it out with caution. "Does it hurt when you shift? Is that why your back's bothering you?"