"Well, I was born in the outskirts of our capital city," Xvital started, rubbing her chin with her tail hand. "Its name was… well, it'd translate roughly as 'among the prickly pears growing in the rocks'. We were on an island surrounded by a very large lake, connected to some other ones. It looked a lot like this city, actually, except for being on an island instead of on a mountain. My family wasn't from the richer part of society," she said with a sigh. "Hell, we shared the house I grew up with a few other families and I'm kinda not sure who my family was back then. Still not sure if Maxtla is my actual brother or not and mom could never really be bothered bothered to tell me beyond the 'Oh, Xvital, family is those close to you' line whenever I asked," Xvital said rolling her eyes and hugging herself. "If you can't imagine, that didn't imprint a good concept of home and belonging in me and so when I was old enough to be on my own, I walked out one day and never really looked back."