Moonspear even angels have their wicked schemes

She said that she had traveled much in the past, but that there was no place like home. That meant little to Charles, as home meant little to him. It was a strange thing to say to him. Why would anyone want to be home? So far, he liked it a lot more out here than when he was still living at home with his mother. He forgot about it when Hydra said that Leta seemed kind, though, and he nodded. She was the only person that he had ever been friends with, so she had to be very kind. She's really kind, Charles reiterated with a nod. If Leta was standing here he might say something a little mean about her instead, but between the two of them he dared to admit that Leta was good. Maybe too good for someone like him to be around.

Hydra said that she hoped he would find more friends if that was what he wished. Wishing was something that Charles had not heard a lot about. That was wanting something, wasn't it? He didn't answer when she spoke of her hope, though he looked contemplative and introspective as she said it and he tried to figure out whether he wanted that.

Just as Charles got to the core of the problem — that it didn't matter what he wished, because he was so ugly that he would probably never find more friends anyway — she asked what he wished for himself. He blinked. Anything? he asked, blinking some more. He looked rather blank slated and then answered: To be less ugly. God, that was pathetic — anything he could wish, and he wanted to be 'less' ugly? Charles shook his head and he felt his cheeks flush in a rare moment of being taken aback as he quickly corrected: To be ah — It took a moment for the word to get to him, but he had heard girls say it about other guys, — handsome and wanted and loved. That still sounded a little pathetic, but Charles stuck to his answer for now as more fumbling over words would not make the situation any better. He looked to the ground, feeling kind of dumb as he wasn't used to exposing his innermost feelings to anyone like this. He wasn't even sure why this random lady made him say it so easily.