The first time she stopped speaking was when she was 6. Â Her father had left port, her mother's eyes had been suspiciously wet, Syrrhael was annoying and Sthalzwyn was colicky. Â Speaking just seemed to be too much trouble fo rtoo little reward. Â None of her pleas had stopped her father from walking out the door with the turn of the seasons and the tides. Â No complaint made it less necessary for her to babysit while her mother attended to her healing duties. Words didn't stop Syrrhael from whining or Sthalzwyn from bawling.
So, she didn't bother speaking them. Â Not a word passed her lips, despite her family's attempts to the contrary; not until her father's ship came back into port.
Then, she couldn't stop. Â She had so much to tell him and his stories deserved her enthralled whispers and terrified cries. Â She wasn't the sole babysitter and she wasn't the silent underboss of the household anymore. Â She was just a girl with a little brother and sister who was being doted on by her Pa.
Until he left again.
This pattern continued until Blanrael's nigh disastrous birth, when she didn't cry until her father rowed into port, summoned by the unknown message of another villager.
She stopped speaking completely when her father left for Carteneau.
When the moon disappeared from the sky, she thought her voice had vanished with it, shattered for all eternity.
So, she didn't bother speaking them. Â Not a word passed her lips, despite her family's attempts to the contrary; not until her father's ship came back into port.
Then, she couldn't stop. Â She had so much to tell him and his stories deserved her enthralled whispers and terrified cries. Â She wasn't the sole babysitter and she wasn't the silent underboss of the household anymore. Â She was just a girl with a little brother and sister who was being doted on by her Pa.
Until he left again.
This pattern continued until Blanrael's nigh disastrous birth, when she didn't cry until her father rowed into port, summoned by the unknown message of another villager.
She stopped speaking completely when her father left for Carteneau.
When the moon disappeared from the sky, she thought her voice had vanished with it, shattered for all eternity.
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