Lost Creek Hollow What happened to that college fund?

@Xan

Nunataq's relationship with her father was an odd and distant one. A very long time ago she had thought of him as something akin to a god. He was big, he was respected, he was strong, he brought food back and on rare occasions, when he was not away, he would play with her too. However, during that important period, when she had begun to build the first meaningful relationships with people around her, Xan had missed this out and as a result in his daughter's eyes he was listed among other acquaintances that she really did not care for much.

But maybe all was not that bad and in a way she was more similar to her father than everyone else realized. It was only now, when she did not have to share her living space and time with a bunch of people, that she realized she enjoyed being on her own, that with very few exceptions she also was awkward at showing affection or feel empathy to people around her, and that she preferred not to struggle with it, but accept this as a fact in life that she was unable to change.

On the day, when she caught her father's scent nearby and found his footprints, that meant he had passed her apartment lately, she set out on to find him. Now that her relationship with Indra was somewhat damaged and was going to have a very long recovery process, she could focus on building something new. And, why shouldn't she start with her father, who unbeknownst to her had been excluded from his children's lives from the very beginning.