[center][color=f49ac2][i][b]Lyra[/b][/i][/color][/center]

The child sniffled and looked at the stranger.
No, not stranger. Lyra had seen her here before. She was a little scary, but had always been nice to Lyra.
[color=f49ac2]"The man in the cage was scary,"[/color] she said, her bottom lip quivering as Arethusa stroked her head. [color=f49ac2]"He tried to grab me and was yelling at me. He wants me to ask Ba-Ba to have mercy on him,"[/color] she looked up at Arethusa. [color=f49ac2]"Are... what's 'mercy' mean? Is that man in trouble? Did he do something naughty? If he did, then he can't have sweets for a whole week, like when I'm naughty and Ba-Ba punishes me."[/color]

If he was naughty then he needed to be punished. To others he might have been a cruel heartless being, but to Lyra Feoras was her Ba-Ba, he could never do any wrong or ever be mean to anyone. Well, anyone who didn't deserve it.

When Arethusa mentioned tarts Lyra's tears dried up considerably. [color=f49ac2]"Tarts?! Oh can I have one? Please please PLEASE?! I want a raspberry one! Pleeeeeease!"[/color] she begged, turning the full power of her cuteness onto Arethusa before looking to Raven. [color=f49ac2]"The raspberry ones are the best!"[/color]

While she waited for her tart Lyra studied Raven, her fear from before forgotten as Arethusa rocked her gently and continued to stroke her hair. After several minutes of silence listening to them talk, Lyra finally spoke up again.
[color=f49ac2]"You're really extra pretty," [/color]Lyra told Raven. [color=f49ac2]"Like Are. I wish I was pretty too."[/color]
Even a child as young as Lyra knew she was different from everyone around her. They had that ethereal beauty that came naturally to the Fae. A human could never hope to come close to the level of beauty and grace and allure that a fae possessed. [color=f49ac2]"When I'm bigger, will I be pretty like you?"[/color] Lyra asked both female fae with wide eyes.

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