[SE] mud-ify your expectations

I didn't come here to make friends
We were born to be suburban legends

Had Melita mentioned Stormbreak, it might have had one of two effects: it would either have soured Aithne's mood to think of home, or driven her to further admiration to think of Melita wreaking havoc on her former home. But given the demigod's silence on the matter, Aithne merely continues to walk alongside, hopping and skipping over and between mud puddles.

"Not yet," she says, eyeing the houses nearby with a critical eye. "I'm working on it, though." Having decided to stay in the Grounds for now, she's been saving up to purchase a home in the area. Of course, having a house is one thing, and decorating it to her standards is another. Something else she's working on. "But I'm staying in the Temple for now." She can usually be found here or in the Climb, unless some errant thought takes her wandering, which does happen from time to time.

When you hold me, it holds me together
And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever

Aithne