Cora considered Akane's explanation, then nodded. [color=00746b]"Yes, I see what you mean now. I suppose a lot of things seem like magic to 'rubes'."[/color] That was a word she had heard around the camp, and Ivory had said it a couple of times. To her understanding 'rubes' was another word for 'normal humans', which were the type of landwalker that came to see their shows.

At Akane's next comment, Cora's pinkish cheeks deepened in color. [color=00746b]"Oh!"[/color] She said, dropping her eyes to the floor, [color=00746b]"Well...thank you, Akane, but I'm really nothing special. There were plenty of others with even more beautiful voices among my sisters. My matron was said to have the most beautiful song in the sea."[/color] She smiled brightly at this, she was very proud of this compliment. Although her matron, Selifina, had given birth to her, she had not passed down even a drop of her natural talent. Cora was very young when she returned to foam, the last of her matron's brood, but she had heard her voice and it had carried with her through the years. She had hoped to live up to this legacy, but now that she was on land, she wasn't sure that she ever would.

[color=00746b]"Besides,"[/color] she added after a beat, [color=00746b]"I think your dancing is just magical! And no one even taught you how to do that, it came from inside."[/color] She clutched her hands to her chest to indicate her heart.