@linesofmagic did not ask for a thing but they are getting a thing
“We need to have a talk,” she announced, her posture far more relaxed than it should have been, as if all of her usual nervous energy had simply vanished.
Most of the family was unaware that Starla could, when she wanted to, completely detach from her emotions. Chance had caught onto it when she was younger, but mostly, she kept that well hidden. It wasn’t that she was concerned about what anyone might think, no, she simply didn’t like the way it felt.
But she had heard whispers that had been upsetting to say the least and if Valerian wanted to push at what she could do, he was certainly going to find out the hard way.