Thread: All Hail the High Queen! (FoxWriter/Uminator)

Natalia's smile never left her face as she carefully tended to Aaron's various cuts and wounds on his face. She could see his mind was racing, full of thoughts, not all of them happy. It was plain to see how much he was hurting, especially when the subject of his parents came up, though she never pressed him further for details. She had a good idea of how it was, she had practically raised him as well after all. She knew how hungry he went, how lonely he became, but she also knew that Cleo was his shining light, his saviour. Knowing that was enough. Besides, Natalia knew she could do little to report his parents. At best, she wouldn't be believed. At worst, his parents would embark on a crusade against her. As much as Natalia might want to help Aaron, the risk of being pulled away from Cleo, of either of them being examined too closely, was just too great. Cleo came first, Cleo was more important than anyone or anything. So for now, this would have to do. Let Aaron think of her as a mother if he wanted, if it made him happy then it would make Cleo happy. When Aaron removed his shirt, Natalia's smile didn't even waver. She'd seen worse, both on Aaron and people at the hospital she usually worked in. Cleo on the other hand did grimace slightly, shaking her head. The boys had really done a number on him, making sure to focus on areas out of sight so attention wouldn't be drawn to him. Now, this might sting a little bit at first ok? Natalia applied some more gel to a fresh cloth, then moved it carefully across his ribs and stomach. The stinging would come from the pressure against the sore parts of his body, but the gel would soon push through his skin, begin to heal his wounds, regenerate damaged bone and tissue, restore it to prime condition to remove the bruising and discolouration. You're lucky it looks a lot worse than it actually is. A bit of rest and you'll be absolutely fine as usual See Aaron, mom can fix up anything Cleo grinned brightly, clearly proud of her mother. Even she had no idea how Natalia really did all of this, and Cleo was more than intelligent enough to realise that something wasn't quite 'normal' about how miraculous Natalia's medical treatments were, but so long as Aaron was alright then she wasn't going to question it. Alright, all done Natalia nodded to herself and smiled, carefully putting things away in her bag before they could be examined too closely. Now, why don't you two relax a little while I go and make dinner hm? Then while you're eating I'll make sure the spare room is ready and waiting I recall the rumours and legends, of the Lady Freeya being a gift from the gods themselves to reward his highness. I'm not normally one to put faith in such things but...when I met her, I must admit, for just a moment I found myself believing that perhaps such rumours may be true Drixel closed his eyes for a moment, smiling as he recalled her, though as Neema spoke he quickly snapped back to reality. He had seen people make the mistake of being distracted by daydreams when Neema was addressing them before....things had not ended well. Yes, the humans use them to correct problems with their eye sight, they lack the technology to correct such issues permanently through other means. These ones however are simply to grant me the functionality of my headset, and a connection back to the ship He removed the headset he was wearing, carefully placing it aside as he pulled on the glasses. I felt they would make us less conspicuous, and perhaps less intimidating to her highness. I do believe she will be overwhelmed as it is He smiled, nodding as she mentioned sleep. An excellent idea my lady. We have a potentially difficult search ahead, we should be well rested It was something of a shame that his potential reward would have to wait, but her highness came first. Only once they had found her, only once she was safe, would there be time to indulge himself.