The sight of her battered father froze the girl as she stood in disbelief but a couple of yalms away. The man seemed mostly, if not entirely, oblivious to her presence as he pushed his way out of the tent and proceeded to messily dressing the grievous wound that was tattooed painfully along the length of his arm. He was truly in a worse state than she could have possibly anticipated; the most fearful part for K'nahli being that even he, the proud nuhn whom would normally stick his nose up at his own pain and weakness, looked to be slowly succumbing to the agony of it all - or worse still, the wounds themselves.
"F-Father, what..." she tried to question him suddenly, but words failed the girl as her mind remained completely fixated on the sight that barely stood before her. She blinked numerous times as some hopeless attempt at clearing her mind, her widened gaze momentarily sifting through the sands beneath her feet as though each grain represented one of her countless thoughts that swirled within her mind in that moment.
So lost within her own thoughts was she at that moment that she failed to notice her younger sister, K'mih, also emerging from the tent and hurrying off elsewhere, away from her father and older sister; her mixed expression and clear anxiety revealing to any who may have seen her that the girl silently harboured some unknown objective.
"...Let me help you to K'zhumi.." K'nahli came to speak again at last with a noticeable shake in her voice as her eyes zoned back toward her father determinedly.
K'nahli then, without so much as waiting for any approval, darted straight toward her father. Her small shoulder quickly burrowed into his side, her arm then reaching around his back to hook her grip across his hip on the opposite side as she attempted to help sustain the weary miqo'te's heavy weight. It wasn't much, but she hoped that allowing him to rest some of his weight upon her would, at the very least, bring him some mild feeling of comfort.
Having quickly affirmed her grip on her father, K'nahli subtly threw her eyes up towards his briefly, hoping to catch some glimpse of willingness on his part and not have to fear rejection born from his own pride.
Regardless of what she found lying within, she made an attempt to proceed on with him before anything could be disputed.
"F-Father, what..." she tried to question him suddenly, but words failed the girl as her mind remained completely fixated on the sight that barely stood before her. She blinked numerous times as some hopeless attempt at clearing her mind, her widened gaze momentarily sifting through the sands beneath her feet as though each grain represented one of her countless thoughts that swirled within her mind in that moment.
So lost within her own thoughts was she at that moment that she failed to notice her younger sister, K'mih, also emerging from the tent and hurrying off elsewhere, away from her father and older sister; her mixed expression and clear anxiety revealing to any who may have seen her that the girl silently harboured some unknown objective.
"...Let me help you to K'zhumi.." K'nahli came to speak again at last with a noticeable shake in her voice as her eyes zoned back toward her father determinedly.
K'nahli then, without so much as waiting for any approval, darted straight toward her father. Her small shoulder quickly burrowed into his side, her arm then reaching around his back to hook her grip across his hip on the opposite side as she attempted to help sustain the weary miqo'te's heavy weight. It wasn't much, but she hoped that allowing him to rest some of his weight upon her would, at the very least, bring him some mild feeling of comfort.
Having quickly affirmed her grip on her father, K'nahli subtly threw her eyes up towards his briefly, hoping to catch some glimpse of willingness on his part and not have to fear rejection born from his own pride.
Regardless of what she found lying within, she made an attempt to proceed on with him before anything could be disputed.
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
