"Shinies," she echoes with a grin, "I like that. It'd fit my new brothers. Most of them still go by their birth names...but we all pick new ones sooner or later."
However, those who are quick to pick a name, or those who take a year to do it, it doesn't matter--there's no pressure. Nothing that would make them an 'aberration'. But maybe there are plenty of things that made her pack weak-
She shoves the thought away hard and looks at his hand, letting herself sink into this moment instead. "I have no idea! I think it's something to do with the secretions of what lived in the shell? I could be so wrong, though. But it'd make sense, since that's what makes pearls. Me, I know what makes tides and when a storm's coming a week away, and how to hunt anything that moves. But smart stuff, I'm pretty bad at that."
She unbraids a bit of leather from her hair and hands it to him. On the end are flecks of shells, mostly mother of pearl like that one. "For you."
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Date: 2017-02-25 11:56 pm (UTC)However, those who are quick to pick a name, or those who take a year to do it, it doesn't matter--there's no pressure. Nothing that would make them an 'aberration'. But maybe there are plenty of things that made her pack weak-
She shoves the thought away hard and looks at his hand, letting herself sink into this moment instead. "I have no idea! I think it's something to do with the secretions of what lived in the shell? I could be so wrong, though. But it'd make sense, since that's what makes pearls. Me, I know what makes tides and when a storm's coming a week away, and how to hunt anything that moves. But smart stuff, I'm pretty bad at that."
She unbraids a bit of leather from her hair and hands it to him. On the end are flecks of shells, mostly mother of pearl like that one. "For you."