When Hathor arrived at her familia home with two new children in tow, it was late at night. Shurry looked around at all of the artwork, instruments, and all the interesting displays of dances. There was even an entire dance room where a handful of the other familia members were practicing their dance moves, then there was a group off to the side doing something else?
Shurry looked a little confused. "What are they doing over there?"
"Oh, don't worry about them, I got carried away one day and showed them that. I call it walking like an Egyptian. Apparently they loved it, and now they do it every chance they get." Hathor sighed, the sensation of embarrassment was clear, even from behind a mask.
"Oh? So they're just, walking, then?" Shurry asked, slightly more confused. "It must be fun-" He said, and started imitating the movements he saw. "Like this?" He stopped after a little. "Yeah, that doesn't feel like it would help me get stronger."
"Of course not, it's just meant to be funny, that's all." Hathor giggled. It's embarrassing for the one person who looks adorable doing it. "Come on, let's go get some sleep. We can introduce you to everyone tomorrow."
"A snuggly night?"
"Of course."
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The next morning, during the familia's breakfast, Hathor stood on a raised platform. With Shurry's hand in hers, and Legi's in her other hand. "Attention everyone-" The familia stopped eating their breakfast. "I want to introduce my newest members. They both came from the school district. First, my new son, Shurry, he's young, cute, adorable, precious, and powerful, he's already a level 3. Second is Legi, she's been close friends with Shurry for a while, and she followed after him, never wanting to be anywhere he wasn't. Treat them well!"
"Welcome home, Shurry, Legi!"
Shurry's tail beat side to side with a crazy ferocity. And it was at that time the one amazoness in Hathor familia felt a crazy change happening within her, but she resisted. Unlike all other amazonesses, she dressed up with more complete clothing. Her appearance was so radically different that it took Shurry a moment to realize that she was an amazoness.
"Oh, that's right, Oxlene, could you come here for a moment?"
"Yes, Lady Hathor."
Shurry's heart raced, too many different emotions swirled, however, he was able to keep calm, for the most part. Though, it was absolutely impossible to hide his fear of the woman, as came closer.
"You may all return to your meals." Hathor said, once Oxlene was close enough to speak in a quieter tone. "I'm sorry to ask this of you. And if you wish to know why, I'll explain, but would mind letting Shurry do what he needs to?"
"Hmm? I don't really understand, but if it's that important, go ahead." Then some sort of womanly intuition clicked. "Don't worry, I won't bite."
Shurry, sniffed, and sniffed. This time it took a lot longer before he was absolutely certain. But after a few minutes, he calmed down. "Good, you're not a bad person." He smiled, and gently waved his tail back and forth.
It was about this time that Oxlene's eyes went wide once she noticed the particular earring he had. "Lady Hathor, would you mind telling me about this boy? I have an idea, but I'm not sure it's completely accurate."
"Do you want to be able to eat today?"
"I don't need to."
"Then Shurry, Legi, go get some breakfast. And join everyone else. I'll come back down after explaining a few things to Oxlene."
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"Are you serious! You're not lying, and it wasn't exaggerated!?"
"Yes. I heard it from Baldr himself, he witnessed the revolting sight personally. I tried asking Leon for confirmation, but the only thing I got out of him was a blank stare like he was about to snap into a slaughterous rampage."
Oxlene collapsed to the chair, wishing she had sat down for this news. "They really did that? Those sick freaks. No wonder he had one of those promise earrings."
"Hmm? Promise earrings?"
"Yes, it's when two children are chosen to be destined partners. It would ensure he'd only ever be with her. There's nothing they hold more sacred than that. To think they would ruin something like that, and even force such a cute boy into a hellish scene like that. They don't deserve to be called women. Death is almost too good for them."
"Wow, it's been a while since I saw that face."
"Lady Hathor, whatever you need, I'll do what I can to help. I want to see him overcome this, though, I'm not sure it's even possible."
"It is. It will take time, but here in Orario, he'll have more chances to get practice dealing with them."
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"Sooo yummy!" Shurry kicked the air siting the seat others saved for him.
"It really is! We don't get all these spices when on the ship. So GOOD!" Legi agreed, chowing down on everything on her plate.
The other familia members laughed, seeing the energetic enthusiasm of their new familia members. It was a rather uplifting sight, and a good way to start the day. Soon Hathor came down, and hugged Shurry from behind, lifting him up and then sitting down with him on her lap.
"Missed me?"
"Hmm, yep. The food's super yummy too! Here, try it!" Shurry said excitedly, presenting a spoon full of food.
"Oh wow, it's really good today. Did you use dungeon herbs to help bring this kind of flavor out?" Hathor asked, looking towards the chef who'd been enjoying the sight of the kid loving his food, he responded with a smirk, smile, and thumbs up.
"It's super yummy!" Shurry then realized something important. "Oh no, I… I haven't done anything yet… What floor did these herb things come from?"
"You don't need to worry about that for now. You're part of the familia now, we all ought to look after each other." A strong looking person said. "I'm the dungeon leader. There's nothing for you to worry about."
"Huh? You're level 3?"
"Yeah, our familia is different, Nernatti is the captain, she manages the connections for all of our different businesses, but I run the dungeon teams."
"Oh, that's smart."
"Son, once you're done eating, we should go to the guild and get you registered as one of my familia." Hathor smiled, as a plate of food arrived for her.