life is waiting for you, it's all messed up but we're alive
Hadama. Ellyra knew that name if only by the whispers of others, but the fact that king of the merfolk followed after that name had her stepping forward once and shifting from lioness to girl. She raised her chin slightly to look up at him, amber eyes less keen now that she no longer stalked the Celestine in her feline shift.
"My name is Ellyra." She spoke aloud, tucking a lock of stray golden hair behind her ear. Still as apprehensive as she was in lion form, she stayed where she was. Her hand didn't fall back down to her side, but she clutched her opposite arm with it and covered her chest. She blinked, still trying to focus on the man--mer--in the dim light. "I'm a nurse. I had a long shift and needed to clear my head." She admitted the half-truth.
"My name is Ellyra." She spoke aloud, tucking a lock of stray golden hair behind her ear. Still as apprehensive as she was in lion form, she stayed where she was. Her hand didn't fall back down to her side, but she clutched her opposite arm with it and covered her chest. She blinked, still trying to focus on the man--mer--in the dim light. "I'm a nurse. I had a long shift and needed to clear my head." She admitted the half-truth.
