Never trust a Hilichurl part 3

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Speech = "........"

Thoughts = [......]

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"And what about you Peruere...?"

"Me..?" The girl asked softly, tilting her head barely up to meet her own gaze as the albino seemed to struggle inwardly on what she was meant to do.

"Yep, you drew something with Clervie right? It surely must be something awesome.."

"Awesome?" The word sounded strange in the white haired girl, as if she had never heard it before...or perhaps....never directed at her own work. To be honest she did not know what was sadder. Anyway, not allowing such sad thoughts to taint her enthusiasm Crucabena put her thumbs up.

"It means that its great.."

Clervie smiled kindly at her mannerism while Peruere blinked a few times, shifting her gaze back to the paper her small hands were holding onto.

"I...don't know about that"

She felt a pang of pain at the sound of those words [Oh you poor thing....you really need a boost in your confidence]

Placing a hand over the girls head she slowly patted the strands of white and black hair. "Well, we wont know until we see it, but I am sure it will look great no matter what.."

"And if....not?"

"Then mother will help you make the best drawings in the world..pinky promise.." She said with a smile before she knelt to her level and offered up the small finger to her daughter. Peruere looked at her curious, confused and left without words.

It really must looked really weird the entire situation

Even though she would have been hurt by the girl rejecting or ignoring her, she would have understood.

But..

Slowly...

She saw the girl mimic the gesture and wrap the small blackened finger around her own, her attempt shaky and cautious, her eyes locked with hers as if trying to discern something beyond them like a child would. And yet, she could only feel her heart beat a little more faster.

She had not been rejected...

[Oooooooh so cuuuuute.......!]

Then, Peruere showed her drawings and....

And...

A cartoonishly large droplet of sweat slid down her scalp as she tried to get through her skull what was on the page.

[Oh god...]

[Oh dear god....]

[Those are a lot of spiders.....]

[Those are way too many spiders...!]

"Mother?"

"Peruere..."

"Yes mother?"

"You have the Tim Burton style maxed out, I am proud of you.."

"Eh?"

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º....Fontaine outskirts....º

Hilichurl camp

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She tried to breath, but she could not....as her body remained trapped in shock.

The air struggled to push out from her lungs, adding to the pain the sensation that she was drowning on nothing as tears continued to stream down her eyes, sliding down her cheeks and chin as they fell down into the rocky surface of the cavern

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