<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #8040FF">House of Ostergaard</span></span><br/><span style="font-size: 130%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #8040FF">Castle Ofertha</span></span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://aidanmoher.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-huntress-by-s-ross-browne.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #8040FF">Valkyr Thyra Ekundayo</span></span></div><br/><br/><span style="color: #8040FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Anything out of habit freezes us, girl. There's no sense in dwelling on it, just moving forward to do it. Eventually, if you do the right thing often enough, you'll begin to freeze when you want to do bad. Humans are creatures of habit, you are no different,"</span></span>Thyra said gruffly, though her words had been meant to encourage. She could understand what the girl was going through, she had spent her time doing many bad things--though not often by choice. Her master had been a cruel man and had often asked her to do terrible things, things that sometimes still haunted her.<br/><br/>But she didn't look back at those days, and she wouldn't look back if she could help it. Melina's presence reminded her of all the wrong she had done in her life, but it also reminded her of how people could change if given the right guidance.<span style="color: #8040FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">"You'll be fine, Melina,"</span></span>Thyra finally said softly, letting a dark, surprisingly soft hand rest on the girl's shoulder.<span style="color: #8040FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">"These things take time and if there is anything you have right now, it's time. You are still young, and while your sins are deep and dark, they are not ones that cannot be washed and faded over time,"</span></span>with that Thyra nudged the girl towards the door.