💃- For a talent that they like to keep hidden from others
" uh, i used to take dance classes as a kid, i guess. " anything else and some member of the pack would probably know it. plus, the point of a secret talent was to be embarrassed, right? laska had that down. " my tia just wanted me out of the house, i think, but i was the best freaking mini tapdancer and baby ballerina you'd ever seen. " there's a beat, before their voice turns a bit bitter, black nails scratching idly at their arm. " my tap dancing is still pretty decent, yeah, but -- i couldn't be a REAL ballerina anymore. i got pulled from classes when i was nine and you need to stick with it to go professional ...your bone growth is altered as a kid because ballerinas are freaking NEXT LEVEL. "
not that they actually wanted to go professional, of course. they'd only cried when stopping classes because they were moving again. if they ever had wanted it, it was just when they were eight and imagined being cast as giselle or something, but it was stupid.
👻- For something that scares or disturbs them, but they refuse to tell anyone
" dolls. " no hesitation, no elaboration. dolls, ventriloquist dummies, manequins, even barbies -- it sets laska absolutely on edge, and they hate them. it was probably because of goosebumps or horror movies as a kid which ... they weren't fond of horror movies either, and can barely manage to sit through one, but that's a secret they're dying with.