Closed [Water park] The bath of the scientists.[Orabelle]

[Karitianyssa]

Kari was holding back a grin, trying to look like she was being offended.In reality...she was actually enjoying this, but she would never admit it to someone.To see such vibrant emotions in the others.Even if they were mad, it didn't mean a lot.Most of humans, svefra and such were all talk to her.She wanted to see how far they would go through with their words, but few people actually punched, or harmed her. It brought a sense of pride to the Dhani, to see the Svefra finally giving up...maybe, just maybe she could play a little more with the human."Yeah...I sssupossse you're right.I am sssorry for sssnapping at you.After all, almost all humansss I have met have no resspect for Dhani..." She said, with a sad smile...but this was tough.It was tough to not grin at the mere thought of how sorry the Svefra might be to her, and how fun it'll be to keep playing with her feelings. "Everyone fearsss, or hate the Dhani, and the only onesss we can truly ressspect isss oursselves, becaussse we're often not that racissst...or at leassst we didn't usssed to be like thisss.I ssuposse my actionss towardss you wass a kind of racissm, one brought by betrayal, and the feeling of hate, and fear that all other racess often have towardss the Dhani.Everywhere I go, I'm misstrussted at besst.Everyone but Dhani hatesss me, and ssso that endsss up making me biasssed againsst other racess, ssince it givesss off the feeling it isss me and the other Dhani, againssst the whole world.I cannot trussst even the Dhani who aren't vipersss..." The Dhani said, looking down, in an apologetic tone.It was scary.Scary how far she would go, just to see other people's reactions, just to play with the feelings of the others. "I wasss challenging you to a duel, becausse that'sss how the Alakaksss prove themssselvesss to each other.That'sss one of the few waysss I can prove myssself to thisss city.I thought that if I acted the sssame way to you, you would ressspect me, inssstead of hating me..." And it was done.The seeds of guilt were planted.It brought a tear on her eyes, not of sadness, but of both pride and fear.She was always scared of enjoying this,it was something she made effort to avoid...but at the same time, such arts are things that all Dhani pride themselves in.Torturing others, but in Kira's case, it was torturing the feeling of others, instead of physical torture. "Sssorry for sstarting our friendsship in the wrong way.Maybe, jussst maybe, we could ssstart again, in a more friendly tone..." Just like a toy and a mistress would, since I don't see you as anything else. these words flashed in her mind, and she barely, just barely, stopped herself from grinning.

[Orabelle Deepseeker]

"It's alright." Orabelle and turned to face the dhani." But I'm not all humans you know." I'm not even full Svefra. My mother was a beautiful ephyrian woman." She paddle her feet a bit in the heated pool a bit. Maybe the dhani wasn't so bad. Kari had just told her of the bad experience she had with humans. She was simply judging Orabelle by the actions of others. Something the mocha-skinned woman would do too, so she couldn't entirely blame Kari.


Orabelle was beginning to feel bad for her."Sometimes the ones who love you is all you need. I agree with you only trusting only the people of your race but sometimes you have to give others a chance. Maybe, instead of keeping your distance, you should meet people and show them that there is nothing to fear. Hey, if you would've talked to me like you do now, I wouldn't fear you. Matter a fact... I don't at all." The large reptile touched Orabelle's heart and she began to feel guilty."I'm sorry by the way I reacted too."



A smile curled on her lips. No woman in Riverfall was ever challenged by an Akalak. The Akalak knew they could harm them and that's the last thing they would ever want to do. They needed the women of Riverfall to volunteer their service and carry an akalak child."You could prove yourself in other ways. Strength is not always a way to prove yourself. Actually, you don't need to do that at all."


"I would really like to start over."