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i'm unsure if i've talked about the updated story of my royal ocs so i don't know if you guys have context for mothnette, so i shall update you here!

solstrians who attempt to flee their kingdom are usually hunted down and their wings are forcibly cut off, so it's incredibly rare to see a winged solstrian outside of solstria. knowing this, it was imperative minette disguise herself as a different creature lest she be hunted and lose her wings. so for all of her travels, she posed as a moth person. once she made it to rexcanima she continued to use this disguise and worked as a maid inside the castle. she would always attempt to get close to mikhail as the heat he radiates soothed her chronic pain, but a lot of times she ended up embarrassing herself and would cry in private because she was making a fool out of herself in front of the king. her chronic pain and fatique made it difficult for her to properly do her job as well, and she frequently had to take breaks or would collapse, accidentally breaking things often.

her real identity was finally discovered by the castle staff one day when she collapsed, and while inspecting her injuries, the head maid discovered the crystal embedded in her arm that allows her to project her disguise. the head maid had no choice but to alert the guards and king, as someone disguised and seemingly always wanting to be close to the king could very easily be a spy or assassin. mikhail took her to anatoly the doctor to inspect her crystal, as she had worn it for way longer than she was supposed to and her skin began growing over it.

anatoly surgically removed her crystal, while minette begged and begged for him not to. as previously stated he felt like he had to because her behavior was very suspicious. once her disguise was finally removed, anatoly felt immediate sympathy and understanding for her. while he couldn't have known she was a princess, he understood immediately why a winged solstrian would be hiding her true identity. anatoly himself is a solstrian who had his wings taken thousands of years ago. on top of that he could tell why minette left her kingdom in the first place, as its clear from the size of her wings that she is flightless. being flightless is essentially a disability in solstrian society, the flightless are seen as lesser individuals and the kingdom itself is incredibly inaccessible if you can't fly.

after a full blown panic attack, minette was eventually able to tell them her full story. how she was the former heir to the throne, how her connection to the sun was severed, how her parents attempted to kill her. anatoly was blown away upon learning she was without the sun, as solstrians unbonded to the sun only live for up to a few hours afterward. minette was a medical anamoly and anatoly didn't think such a thing was possible. he was immediately drowned in empathy and compassion for her as he knew that the pain must be unbearable, and upon hearing that mikhail's heat soothed her pain he was completely fascinating. mikhail and anatoly had always wondered where mikhail's flame pelt came from, and it was kind of like discovering an unknown truth, he must have been blessed by the sun.

mikhail was full of regret for how he'd treated minette before he discovered all this, he'd found her kind of awkward and assumed she wanted to be close to him so badly was simply because he was the king and she was an ass-kisser. when he found out his presence lessened her pain he was instantly protective of her. internally he was like "i should Die, i thought she was annoying but she just wanted the pain to go away, i'm a horrible person." it didn't help that he was instantly captivated by her beauty once he saw her undisguised, he treated her poorly AND she was hot!!