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[Eva]

breaking like the waves down on the coastline
breaking like the wine-stained glass that held my drink

It was the first year where she was no longer a little girl. She was no longer a child, but finding herself stepping into another chapter of her life as an adult now. Being more independent was something all children looked forward to, but she has always looked after herself since she left the bone-bleached beach where her birth mother died. It wasn’t until she met Adria that she knew what it was like to be looked after and cared for by another. But it was their nature, the nereid way, to look after each other when there was so few of them in this world (and she had once believed to be the only one).

Eva grew even more beautiful this last year too. The young nereid always had a pleasant charm when looking at her. Her deep color purple-hued coat with her mane and tail fading into a sunset ombre was stunning in many ways. She was the replica of a sunset on the horizon of the ocean. It was a natural kind of beauty that you could find nowhere else. Her mane and tail were also decorated with seashells.

It has almost been a year since Eva has called this place home. Ischia has been kind to her ever since. She was blessed with an adoptive-mother and younger siblings that she now calls family. The land was peaceful, and there was never a disruption since Adria has taken over. Well, except for the occasional native parrots she liked to capture. Some things just never changed even when you get older.

So, it is no surprise on the white sand beach of the island she finds herself with a native parrot enclosed in a small trap she had set up. Eva lured the poor multi-colored bird into the trap with one of their favorite treats that the little parrots cannot help themselves to. But the young nereid had never had a thought to cause harm to any of the parrots. She only liked to look at them, talk to them, and sing them some songs of the island tongue she learned from Adria in the last year. It was just a simple thing she did to pass the time on the island.

Eva

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