#c. orianna.

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Orianna remembers Vander well.

It's a strange thing to say, about someone you've never met. She isn't sure, but she thinks that Vander might not have even set eyes on her before... but Orianna knows so much about him. Things she's heard from others, half-remembered dreams from before... The same event that allowed her to live is one that should've condemned him to death via necessity.

Yet here he is. Here she is, still. It's fine to be glad for that, right?

"I do not... mean to alarm you." Orianna speaks, with a gentle voice. Her expression looks so cold... yet that soft tone contrasts it, making her appear almost out of sync with herself - just a little uncanny.

"I know some of those who've see me have been... afraid, but... You're Vander, aren't you?"

@zaunite-hound ( starter for vander ! )

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Orianna does not smile as Mylo approaches; nor does she give any real indication that she's noticed his presence at all - but by no means is she unaware. Without even looking, she sensed him the moment he entered the room... it's simply that she feels very little about him being here.

Maybe it's because she's used to him by now. Or, more likely, it's because Orianna herself doesn't respond much to anything in a noticeable way these days. Her emotions are alien to her, always lurking yet muted and nameless; something she observes with a silent fascination as if they're coming from somewhere outside her rather than from within. Yet - they're not absent, either. Perhaps she just needs to... rediscover what it means to feel again.

That's what she thinks, anyway.

"Did my father send you here again?" she asks suddenly, without turning around. Then, without much prompting- "You're always welcome. It's lonely when I'm on my own."

@galaxythixf ( starter for mylo! )