Essentia Animus

07-Another Lifetime

Khyzae spent the next two days learning rapidly, adjusting to her own existence with the help of friends and family. Everyone helped as they were able, but it was quickly becoming clear that Khyzae had most things under control.

Khyzae woke up that morning to the faint presence of sunlight from a nearby window. For the first night ever, she was given a real bedroom to sleep in, in a real bed. It was a very unfamiliar feeling, though her thoughts made it clear this was much more normal. The night before she had kept familiarity within the laboratory, but last night she had decided that she would have a need of learning to do things much more normally. She was already getting keenly into her role, her reality blending much more with the normal of her memories. She still felt a bit of distance with this Khyzae of her thoughts, the Khyzae she was being, but everything was starting to feel so natural that anything else seemed strange.

She had already endured countless exercises in what it meant to be herself. The most important was the physical exercises to get her body into shape, to have the fibers of her muscles awakened as much as the rest of her. Fortunately, her form had been properly taken care of, with the exercise over two days even Vwyx seemed satisfied with her physical ability. Sryine had also kept occupied by her own recovery, and was considered to be ready for her own normal. As Khyzae got up and started noisily wandering around the room she was in, the room of the previous Khyzae, she was keenly aware of someone's approach. Soon after, Sryine burst into the room.

"Really, I'm fine. I've got everything under control already, and I think I'm allowed to explore my own room, right? Actually, on that matter, aren't you supposed to knock before you come in?" "I, ah.. sorry about that. Good morning?" "Good morning to you as well. I see you've made your own complete recovery already and are just brimming with energy. Congratulations." "Oh, yeah, thanks." Khyzae was already keenly adopting a familiar sort of personality, just as Sryine was thrown back to her own sense of normal. It was also a behaviour that was just coming to her naturally, not even a factor she was personally aware of. Sryine however could feel the old Khyzae there as a result, the girl who seemed to have a sense of leadership that reminded her of her mother. Even as the daughter of the village chief, she never was able to muster such a quality of authority in her tone.

"Alright, then we had better go greet the day and start getting things done." "What? Are you joking? Just like that? No no girl, you're skipping steps. Wait here, I'll be right back." Khyzae paused as Sryine dashed from the room just as quickly as she had arrived. Sometimes, those two could be quite the handful, and she could say that only having known them for the last two days. Accepting the instructions firmly provided for her, she waited until Sryine returned, carrying the same selection of clothes that had been originally offered to her a couple days before. Khyzae herself was still wearing the pale garb that had constituted her only attire through her preparation, working as a sort of night gown. Having spent most of the day still stuck in the laboratory yesterday, everyone had let that pass, but Sryine wanted to jump on this opportunity to provide this bit of normal for Khyzae.

Khyzae recalled the subject too, the matter of clothes and attire. She found some of the things that stood out to her, things she measured as her own tastes based upon her thoughts, but consciously made some minor adjustments. She had noticed the similar leather style both girls had been wearing, and wanted something that fit in with the two of them. A mauve vest with cream stiches was put over an iris blouse and sangria pants. She found a subtle pleasure in blending between Sryine's blue tones and Vwyx's red tones by choosing such purple tones, but had honestly picked the colors mostly because they seemed to match her own tastes. Sryine snatched the rest of the selection and left the room, clearly providing her with a sense of privacy.

Soon after, there was a knock on her door. "Yes, Sryine?" "Are you changed yet?" "My, aren't we impatient. Yes, yes, you can open the door." Khyzae was actually surprised at that gift of confidence, that was honestly the first time she had ever gotten dressed for herself, but she was getting really good at making use of her thoughts to guide her forward. Even with no teacher beyond herself, she had no trouble with properly getting dressed, and was ready to go. Sryine nodded her own approval as well and guided her from the room.