Firestone Hot Springs moth wing

She hears the male's approach before he speaks, but finds herself unbothered by his presence. She feels too peaceful to be disturbed right now, even by the oddness of his question. I did, She answers easily, not bothering to move from her position. So I found something new. It is, in fact, the simplest truth of her life so far. She'd grown tired of dealing with the same old things in her birth pack, the same prospects for life as the rest of her siblings, the same faces she'd seen throughout her childhood. She'd wanted something better, something more — so she'd set out to find it.