She is not necessarily against the gift. She simply hasn’t decided if it’s going to be a useful, or more trouble than it’s worth. She, not it. Though things that refer to themselves in the third person have a blurry line between she and it, in Straia’s book. Though Gryffen is more than pleased with his little find, and she wants to keep the white ghost around. She won’t ban the girl, she just may decide that it can be Gryffen’s pet completely.
The girl may or may not be able to help the child. She falls to her knees at the sight of Straia. Really, at the sight of the black feathers on her head, the ravens that circle in the sky. Ah. That might be detrimental. Shaytan seems alive at the sight of the girl on the ground though, the same way Gryffen is. Though she’s always known this of Gryffen, but Shaytan? She gives the mare a curious look for a moment, before turning back to Aoki.
Sayaa is the one ground, curled up with the girl. Sayaa. Not her mother’s child at all, really. Not quite right in the head, but kinder, softer than Shaytan. At least for now, but the girl is young, and perhaps that will change. Or perhaps her mother’s lack of affection will send the girl searching for it elsewhere. Straia lowers her head to Aoki’s level, and her words are soft. “Crow does not live here. This is Raven. And Raven is powerful.” She doesn’t say that Raven is good, because that is not necessarily true.
Raven is the Chamber. Raven is clever and cunning, small and fleet, capable of anything. They are hers, after all, and they can do whatever she asks of them. But she also understands that Crow is not real. Crow lives in this girls head, for whatever reason. That part she can’t fathom, but the why doesn’t matter. “If you serve the Chamber, and do as Gryffen tells you, I can give you Raven. He can help you fight Crow. But you must be loyal. Would you like that?” She’s never tried mental magical, but why not? She can do anything else with a raven. Why can’t she plant one in someone’s head? Hell, she’ll give it a shot. If that fails, maybe the girl will just think if worked anyway, which is all about the same thing.
straia
the raven queen of the chamber