Obligation: Does your character feel indebted to anyone? Whom and why?
For once ever Nala didn't need to pause to think about the answer.
"Well that ones easy! There's three people I owe everythin' I am ta'." She brought up her right hand and started to count them off on her fingers. "Valkos, Raine and Farwyn." Her lips were curled into a content and excepting little smile as though this answer was as obvious as the suns would rise.
"I'm indebted ta' Valkos because without 'em comin' inta' mah life I'd have never had the nerve ta' do anythin' else besides work at the bar an sleep in a hovel. I had no goals for mah life at all in fact! He...in his half assed hair brained way...got me started. He both encouraged mah alcoholism an helped me ta' cut back. I saw how he could be an it made me want ta' be a better person then the person he..."
She reached up and pushed her hair from her face as she sucked her bottom lip through her teeth to lightly chew on it nervously. Everything with Valkos had always been a tornado of chaos and emotions no matter which way it was. They had loved one another, cherished each other, -hated- each other and even resented each other...let's not mention their issues with jealousy either. But she quickly shook her head to continue on with the explaining.
"Raine...ah, Raine. He is...well he has made me the woman I am ta'day...-literally-." She reached up and ran the pads of her fingers over the smooth clean skin around her right eye. "When he met me I was nothin' but a scarred up little sneak who could barely shake hands with someone let alone ever hug them! I saved 'is life an in return he forced me ta' fix mah face and gave me the confidence I needed ta' move out an meet people an make new bonds in mah life."
She purposely left out the fact that Raine had also been dear to her heart at one point. Memories of Raine and Valkos glaring dangerously at one another flashed within her mind and brought a soft sigh from her lips. Things had never truly been easy for her.
"And then that leaves Farwyn...he...well he is dear ta' me in so many ways it's hard ta' break it down inta' a simple answer. He was the reason I finally -really- left the shadows. When we met I was his little mouse...his shadow. I used ta' pelt 'em with pebbles from the shadows and always watch his back but as time passed he made me want ta' be apart of somethin' for the first time in all mah life. He...he doesn't know that I don't think...best not tell 'em either. He'd probly get mad at me if he knew that he had pushed me ta' join civilization without meanin' ta'."
She flashed the man a grin and an innocent little grin. "I guess at the end of the day it's the men in mah life that have lead ta' me bein' where I am now. Pregnant...engaged and...tryin' with everythin' I am ta' be as happy as I can be. It's a day ta' day thing though so...check in with me tomorrow, eh?" She chuckled softly and turned, walking away into the shadows.