[se] the secret history

Ellyra

We made plans to kiss the sun at night
Hopeless dreamers, hopeless types

"Why not? Wouldn't you just be a people doing people things?" She tilted her head some, goldenrod hair tumbling over her shoulder, and pursed her lips. Her tone was even and cool, but not malicious. In her core, Ellyra was not someone who just threw violence around whenever action needed to be taken, but these were gourds for Vi's sake.

The stranger seemed to be perfectly content with her own actions though, and Ellyra simply shrugged it off mentally. As she introduced herself, Ellyra's mind clicked and her initial response made much more sense. "That's like the animal sanctuary, right?" She reached her hand out to grasp the other's in greeting. "My name is Ellyra Fox. I'm from the Hollowed Grounds originally. This is my first time in Stormbreak. I've been, uh, mostly living here in this library." She gestured around after breaking the handshake, and lifted the books in her other hand to solidify her motives.

"I'm not familiar with how many gourds should be here. This isn't unusual for me." Ellyra turned her head then as she heard a sharp gasp, followed by the thunk of a book smacking against hollow gourd.

Shedding skin you show your beauty scars
Don't forget me or who you are