spirit, you've mentioned you were the only one umbra had growing up-- did something happen to his other parent?
For just a moment, Spirit looks furious, the ruff at the back of her neck spiking up. She is consumed by a silent rage for a second....
... before her expression softens.
SPIRIT: Its... a complicated situation.
SPIRIT: Umbra had arrived, and we were talking about... something. The details escape me now, but I began to notice that Xul looked panicked....
SPIRIT: But when I asked him what was wrong, he sprinted away with hardly a word, and he did not return.
SPIRIT: For years, I was furious with him. I couldn't even stand the thought of him. Even when he eventually came back, I refused to talk to him and nearly chased him off my territory. I'm still angry at him sometimes when I think about it.
Spirit pauses for a second, letting the ebbing emotions of the past fade away.
SPIRIT: But.... after he reached out to Umbra recently, I started speaking with him again.. I see him at least trying to make up for lost time with Umbra and trying to get to know his grandson. We're all trying our best to patch things up as a family, even if its slow progress.
SPIRIT: I also now know what it was about and why he ran, and that it wasn't anything to do with me.... but its not my place to share such a thing.
SPIRIT: That reminds me.... I need to speak with Umbra about something in private. Thank you all for visiting, but we'll need our space for this.
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