Ankyra Sound To the promised land

Chusi put on her serious face, brows and mouth straight as a log, to make her point. Arturo 'n Lotte feel more like mah blood than mah "real" parents. To just call them a replacement was not right. She wasn't trying to replace anyone, but she was young and needed a mentor - someone she could trust with her life if need be. That someone was Arturo, her real father in every way but by blood. Besides - She smiled a bit again. Ya can't replace somethin' ya nevah had. I knew mah blood mother fur a few months at best... 'n I nevah even met mah blood father. Or maybe she had - who knew? She couldn't ask Sen and the one who fathered her probably didn't even remember he had a child anymore.

She bit her lip again, afraid she had hurt him. Sorry - I didn't know. She came just a little bit closer, head lowered to look up at him in an attempt to comfort him.