<span style="color: #4da6ff">"you haven't had any in half an hour."</span>she held Athena close and rubbed her back softly.<span style="color: #4da6ff">"my parents weren't perfect but i loved them so much and i hate that my last memory of my mother was watching my father bury his woodcutting axe in her Scourged head... and I'm glad i didn't have to watch papa die too."</span><br/><br/>the elder Ophidian frowned a little and shook his head.<span style="color: #ff8000">"i know i can help her if she can be forced to accept help but there is only so much i can do on that front without doing more harm then good. she is in such a difficult place that if i or any other are not exceedingly careful she will slip into an abyss that she cannot ever come back from... unless i erased her memories back to when she was a young teenager. but on a separate note i have not been accepted as family by anyone, everyone regards me with suspicion because of my power."</span>he blinked in surprise before he slowly returned the hug and nodded.<span style="color: #ff8000">"thank you and you are welcome."</span><br/><br/>Karrie's ramblings were interrupted by the door opening and the disguised Ophidian looking out at her.<span style="color: #ff8000">"who's out there? and who you shoutin at?"</span>he looked around for another and frowned at Karrie.<span style="color: #ff8000">"yer gonna catch yer death out in this weather dressed like that ye daft girl." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>