Amelia couldn't help but look shocked at everyone's reaction to her wings.
"You... you think they're pretty? You don't think I'm a freak or some sort of monster?" She asked, unable to believe what she was hearing. Her face quickly turned red and she looked at the ground again." I... I can't fly with them. But the crystals hold elemental spirits that I can call on to aid me."

"I assume you didn't always have those?" Joshua asked.

"No. They were... added." Amelia said, wincing at the memory of the operation. She had been conscious the entire time and the pain was still fresh years later.