Nahi to Pathyn: Word is we are moving camp tomorrow.
She had given up on not reaching out to her life lines, but what the therapist talked with her about had her a bit shook and she just needed a friend, but the only person she considered a true friend, one that actually knew her more than anyone, was Pathyn. Maybe before he went off the deep end she might have considered Kyean, but that was now locked up in a tight little place of anger in her mind.
Anger that she had let go of while she confronted Ky but then swallowed down, which the therapist said was not really a good idea. There was a whole bunch he said about her emotions, then sent her off to journal about how she felt about what he said.
That was part of what she was avoiding in the hopes to talk to Pathyn, but she continued to wait so she began to journal, fel take him…
It wasn’t until she was right about out of words that her comm blinked and vibrated.
Pathyn to Nahi: Hey girl. If you are going deep dark you need to be careful, things are a bit out of whack down there. I know you are pretty well protected in camp but all those creepy crawlies are devious.
Nahi to Pathyn: Yeah got the sense that was the case when they exploded up from the ground to take out a light that was keeping them at bay.
Pathyn to Nahi: That is nothing Nightengale, so you need to watch yourself and your company. How are you doing?
She knew that was not a polite question and it took her a few moments to answe. It was nice to be able to talk to him without awkwardness, but she wasn’t sure she liked the topic.
Nahi to Pathyn: I am not sure. I am pretty upset at him. Also, you need to know I don’t blame you for this at all. You are not his keeper.
Pathyn to Nahi: We are family and have been fighting together for thousands of years. I blame myself for not seeing what was going on. Or, I did see and thought he was just worried, I was so wrapped up in scouting I didn’t realize how far he was taking things.
Nahi to Pathyn: I knew too. At least I knew he was watching me. I didn’t think of the consequences if he got caught, or at least maybe I should have? Company life is still hard for me to understand.
Pathyn to Nahi: It takes time, it is much different for each company too. Yours is small and really well trained so anything like that needs to be handled, and quickly, before it gets out of hand. In our group we all have known each other for a long time, so problems like this have never come up before. What he did was very serious in the camps’ eyes, so much so they told him to leave until he gets his mind right. And they called his mother.
Nahi to Pathyn: They did what? Called his mother? You guys are eons old and that is still a thing?
Pathyn to Nahi: Some of our camp fought alongside her, it was why they did not punish him worse. Oh, and I sent her his comm override in case he tried to avoid her.
Nahi to Pathyn: Blessed sun, that is just cruel.
Pathyn to Nahi: We live in a matriarchal society, what he did was bad Nahi, not just for you but he was raised better than that. Something his mother told me in great detail becuase I wasn’t taking your safety seriously enough.
Nahi to Pathyn: He wouldn’t have hurt me, he wants and worries about me, yes. But hurt me? No, I don’t think so.
Pathyn to Nahi: In the eyes of our team he did hurt you, or your reputation at least. He knew better, and they could not just let him go without making sure he would deal with it. Hence his mother.
Nahi to Pathyn: What is she like?
Pathyn to Nahi: An older Priest of Elune. Bad ass and very devoted to the Goddeas. He is going to be in so much trouble. You have no idea. 😈
Nahi was envious of the little face at the end, she needed to figure out how to do such things.
Nahi to Pathyn: That makes me smile, and feel sorry for him at the same time.
Pathyn to Nahi: Do not do that. This was done to you and you don’t take the blame for being the victim in this.
Nahi to Pathyn: I am not a victim, Pathyn.
Pathyn to Nahi: You have your own consequences in dealing with this. How is everything in camp?
Again she knew what he was asking without him saying it.
Nahi to Pathyn: I know people are talking, I get the voices behind my back after I go somewhere but no one has approached me.
Pathyn to Nahi: What will you do it they do?
Nahi to Pathyn: Handle it like everything else in my life, with a smile.
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