This angered Nessie, and once more her demeanor changed, losing her stuttor once more, she said, "I already know Elpis-I might not be able to do anything as fancy as you, but I've lived in the Elpis colony my whole life. I don't have to think too much with it. I need viper not Elpis help, but I hate it, I hate how it makes me feel, I hate how I have to struggle, I hate it! I'm not like you! We may have the same elements, but I'm nothing like you!"

She seemed unaware that her skin was warming, her face flushing, and her eyes danced with an inner light, "I can barely talk to people without stuttering, can barely look at them, and my whole life, the men in my family have protected and shelthered me. I will never be like anyone here!"

And just like that, her demaenor changed once more. She dropped her eye to the floor, and looked away.