<div class="floatright">(http://www.sugarsugar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/asian-sugar-baby.jpg)</div><strong>Name;</strong>Serenity Sun Kwan<br/><strong>Occupation;</strong>Companion<br/><strong>Location;</strong>The Line, Companion Shuttle, currently heading to Shadow.<br/><strong>Tagged;</strong>Elfi.  Open.<br/><br/>Serenity soon had her answer and couldn't help a wide yet warming smile as she listened to Elfi's secret, which really wasn't all that big as she had thought it was.  She often times forgot that Elfi had not known any other life except for her slavery since some slaves truly were a clueless lot, but Elfi had a fair bit of potential to be far more in the Companion's opinion.  So when she told the woman about her little dolly she kept hidden away, Serenity could understand why she considered her so important and was so afraid to lose her since it gave her a sense of stability and someone to 'care for', in a sense.  It would be a delicate situation, trying to take the girl's security blanket away, of that she had no doubt already, but if Braxton found out about Elfi's only true possession, what would he do about it?  Hopefully not what she feared since it might truly hurt Elfi beyond repair given her delicate nature and all.  Slowly standing up before sitting beside Elfi, Serenity gently pulled the girl to her body and hugged her warmly while rubbing the back of her head.  "You have my word your little friend will not be discovered by my actions, Elfi."  She whispered, truly hoping it wouldn't since again, Serenity was a bit afraid herself as to what it might do to Elfi if someone did take it to their heads and toss the precious object out of an airlock simply because she was a slave and not an emotionally traumatized child at heart.<br/><br/>When she slowly pulled away, Serenity smiled and gently tugged Elfi by her right hand and lead her to the closet before brushing aside the outfits that were hanging up before kneeling down and opening up the cubby hole she kept in her shuttle.  "You aren't the only one with a secret item or two darling Elfi.  In this cubby hole I keep some items of my own that I hold most dear to my heart.  I was a slave once myself, wouldn't you know it?  I was lucky however and the Guild Hall that purchased me freed me nearly the same day.  That was 28 years ago now.  Needless to say, the books in there are meant for children sure, but they and this locket....oh here it is."  She said, finding said locket made of gold with a holo picture of her parents and her as a mere baby, most likely fresh out of her mother's belly if she had to guess, cradled in the young woman's arms.  "are the only things I have left of them now.  We weren't sold together.....the slavers that took my family and me when I was too young to really remember them anyway kept my parents on their ship and sold me first since from what I've been told, they didn't like my overly quiet and calm nature, finding it quite strange and almost a little frightening.  Despite being in Hell of a sort, I unnerved my captors yet I remember it not.  Even so....I keep these items to remember them, as a means to cope at with it all despite having in a way gotten off far better than I should have most likely otherwise.  I lost my parents, and haven't been able to find them since, yet I gained far more than most in my position could have dreamed possible.  I'd trade this life in an instant however if I could but see them again."<br/><br/>Serenity admitted quite bluntly as she tucked away everything although she did it hesitantly, her hands shaking slightly as the memories of those days, despite being raised by so many warm and caring people overall, still haunted her even then since she'd rather have her mother and father than not have them or even know where they had ended up after she'd been sold.  "I trust....you'll keep this to yourself, Elfi, as much as you're able to anyway."  She whispered, finding her voice all but gone as tears threatened to spill forth from her sea green eyes as she looked to the slave girl.