Hikaru

Hikari's expression that had just brightened up a few moments before, now fought itself from turning into a frown. "Lord Eli is great!" She struggled with the words, "Wonderful, everything in North is wonderful! On that note, ...maybe we should ... get back?"  Hikari looked down to Fido who she had nearly forgotten was still sleeping with his head in her lap, and gave him a gentle nudge to wake up.

Fate? Hikaru looked at him skeptic. Just what was he talking about? "What do you mean fate..?" She questioned, careful to keep to the lie. "Leirra gave no such account, just lent the book for some other random fact it held within it. She probably had no reason, or even remembered that he was mentioned within. Who am I to say? I simply remember seeing mention of him while reading through it, which I only recalled now with the familiarity of the statue. So I would be much appreciative if you could fill me in. What happened? By powers, do you mean the Arami Scrolls?" She asked, feigning ignorance best she could.

"It's not that I couldn't, although I definitely know I couldn't!" Hikari was quick to respond before her words were misinterpreted. "But I also .. just...  didn't want to.." The young girl sounded unsure of herself as she explained further. "I made a mistake.. and questioned her ...reasoning. ... Brought up that they were family..and that's when she..." Hikari paused for a moment. "Well, after that I found myself in the spirit realm, and then sent here. Where I have Lord Eli." Her face brightened up as she forced a smile. "He has been oh so wonderful!"

"How I... passed?" Hikari just stared for a moment, then it hit her. "Oh! My death! Ummm..." She started to circle her left index finger with her right index finger as she held her hands in her lap, her gaze slowly drifting down to her hands as she spoke. "She-... She wasn't very happy with me.. She..--"

"You are wasting my time! Why is this so difficult for you?!"

Hikaru's voice had rang loud and clear in Hikari's head before she could properly answer Leirra, the words holding the same sting that they did the day it had happened. It was a memory, and yet it was so vivid.. so real... "I-I'm sorry mother I---" Hikari immediately stopped herself from answering the memory out of habit, her face going red by the mistake. "I couldn't help her kill her brothers, and so she found me..."

"Useless! Completely and utterly worthless!"

"Not to her liking.."

"As I said, a book." Hikaru stood her ground on her answer. From what she could see he couldn't confirm if she was lying either way, so she just had to make it more convincing. Perhaps a name drop? "One that Leirra had lent to me..,  as I understand it, she is one of you. So it stands to reason she would have material of such."