<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d8/Dhampir_Sorceress.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Mephis<del>Daphoinos</del><br/><strong>Race:</strong><del>Ḩ̸̉å̴̱l̷̤͒f̷̺̎-̶̨̚E̴͖̾l̶̯̓f̷͓̒</del>Dhampir<br/><strong>Age:</strong>20<br/><strong>Class:</strong>Sorcerer<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Adventurer, Divine Mark, Harlot's Mark, Slave of Lord Victor Balebrook, Traitor to Atlantica,<em>Inspired</em><br/><hr/>"...Ah." Mephis certainly could sense just how flustered the princess was, and the dhampir found herself flushing a little as well, her cheeks turning their own shade of embarrassed red. "I'm...<em>really</em>sorry about that, as well. I usually try to make it a memorable experience whenever I take one of somebody's firsts... but not that kind of memorable. I would have tried something else if I'd known."<br/><br/>Admittedly, part of that absolutely was because of how much of a nightmare it had been to have her own firsts stolen away like they were... That certainly didn't leave her feeling any better about her own actions. Still, she was also able to see that Serana had only had such an extreme reaction in the first place because she was worried about her, and that did at least give her some idea of how to set the princess's mind at ease. The dhampir walked over to the bed as well, standing beside the armored woman and looking down at the limbless blonde.<br/><br/>"...This is something I think I've said once before, but... what happened to Mira here is about as bad as it could possibly get without actually killing you," She spoke, shifting the topic herself. "Even when I was first sold off on the auction block two years ago, I wasn't anywhere near as bad as this, and that was pretty much the lowest point I've ever hit in my entire life. I've traveled the length and breadth of the Free Nations, and this is pretty much the worst thing I've ever seen, even. And that's saying something, considering that I once spent a few months walking the streets as a common prostitute with one of my previous masters."<br/><br/>One of her hands slid down to her stomach, fingers rubbing over the magical tattoo adorning her flesh directly above her womb. That had been the time she'd picked it up, after all. It was a simple magical precaution against disease... which was something that was essential in that line of work.<br/><br/>"It's the absolute worst-case scenario, a female adventurer's worst nightmare about what could happen to her... but at the same time, worst-case scenarios don't happen to everyone, or even to the vast majority of people." And now she looked up and over at Serana, her expression and voice both warm, gentle and reassuring. "If you let yourself get too caught up in worrying about it happening to you, or to people you care about... You'll just wind up cutting yourself off from all the good, fun parts of life. The parts that make it worth living."