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That's better, Kalika said with a slightly lighter tone. She chirped once more as she beckoned him forward, so that she might be able to hold him in his fragile state. I know what it is like to miss someone. I have two siblings who I haven't seen since we were children. She sighed as she thought about how she might answer such pained inquiries, though it seemed that words wouldn't be enough to comfort Whip. Kalika gave him a kiss to the forehead and purred as she spoke, the words smooth like summer rum.

The Mothers have their ways, and though sometimes we may not understand why they do the things that they do, we must understand that they have a plan for us all. Perhaps you were destined to serve as a Gaurdian of the Nereides women, and the Mothers have left you deaf to their call so that you might learn this prophecy on your own. She took a deep breath and adjusted herself so that she could have a clearer view of the boy's eyes, Perhaps you were made to be different. Perhaps you were created to serve.