Noctisardor Bypass belong together (sped up)

Etienne loved his home by the sea. His family. His auntie. He missed them like a dull ache, but he also felt so anxious there. As if he would never live up to what they wanted of him. That he was not who they wanted. That his face would constantly remind them of who was no longer with them.

He chuckled. My mama C'acal and Auntie Mirielle dove for oysters in de mornin'. Den we all got called toget'er to look at our oysters. And open dem. Sort of race, just for fun. And wut de pearl inside was colored was our traits or c'aracteristics or tings we need work on. Stuff like dat. We could per'aps wit' rocks or make someting of our own. Sometimes dem are de tings dat mean de most to de littles. Tings de 'elp make.