Blackfeather Woods lord of the flies

"I do look weird!" Maegi burst out, sudden anger overtaking her. "I look weird and Ramsay looks weird and you. . .well, you're okay." She lets out an irritated snort, a puff of hot air through her nostrils. She was tired of Euron's ignorance on this subject.

She shook her head, not in response to any one thing, but more in general disillusionment. "I dunno why exactly. But it's weird. And besides, Mother said so." The last three words dropped from her mouth like blocks of ice, hitting hard on the cold forest floor.

"And I know, she hates us. But she's not stupid. She wouldn't be so important in the Woods if she was stupid." Maegi looked down, remembering Potema's vitriolic words. "Sh-she said that. . .well, whatever it was Cicero and her did to have us, that it was bad. That it was why we looked weird."

She gulped a sudden breath of air, feeling overwhelmed. "She hates us because Cicero. . .her brother. . .is our father. Because it's. . .wrong. It feels wrong."