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ah, and there it was – nayeli’s abject inclination towards bitterness had reared its ugly head again. vivian calmly continued her sip of coffee, made a mental note to have excalibur show her the brand he had used this time, and then placed the mug delicately at the edge of the table. she cast a motherly glare at nayeli and felt her forefinger rap-tap-tapping at the glass that coated the breakfast table.
“and so is being ugly to your family, nayeli. i heard just the other day that it makes your teeth turn the color of the fields back home.” she spoke calmly, yet quickly, and with a hint of an edge to her voice. vivian had learned to be on edge around nayeli in recent years. it was apparent that the girl she had grown up with, the girl that she would tuck into bed late at night, the girl she would run through the fields of gold with–
well, she thought as she picked up the mug only to put it back down again as she shook her head softly to one side, that girl was gone.
“the sponsors can think what they want, and you know that to be true. you should also know that it’s much too early for any of the notable ones to be up and at it. sit down, nayeli, won’t you?” she gestured towards one of the many open seats surrounding her. her gaze met that of her pseudo daug– no, her daughter… her real daughter’s and she gave a small, hopeful smile.
nayeli should have seen vivian’s retort coming from a mile away - her mother was far from demure and did anything but sit back and take a slight to her character. but, it was early and nayeli didn’t feel particularly like dealing with the decades of a past they both carried between them each and every day. she would have preferred to drink her water in peace, grab something quick to eat, and then make her way calmly down to the atrium of the tower.
but that was not in the cards for her this morning. “thankfully, i have all of the lovely treatments the capitol has granted me access to.” it really did wonders for her skin, she never understood why some victors turned their nose up at capitol offers of the newest creams and oils. and so she ran through her own regimented to-do list for the mornings and pointedly ignored the mention of family.
and then vivian was correct again, much to nayeli’s chagrin. it was notable early and she really wouldn’t have been preparing to leave so soon if it hadn’t have been for the fact that she hadn’t been able to fall back asleep since her nightmare had awoken her. so instead she had spent the extra time letting the cold water of the shower run over her and covering the dark circles underneath her eyes. “i’ll continue standing, thank you. is there something you’d like to talk about or do you feel like halting my morning without a reason?”











