Murk for Megumi

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[center][size=6][font=georgia][i]A creature of darkness[/i][/font][/size][/center]
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[right][i]The swamp-born night hunter[/i][/right]

He remembers that it was dark, wet, and cold. His first memory is blurry: staring up from the depths into what he thought were the moons, even though he had no reason even to know what a moon was. He kicked upward through the dark and cold, and broke the surface of the swampwater with a startled gasp. The water up there was thin and dry, and full of peculiar smells he didn't quite recognise, and one he did: blood. His moon stood watching him, draped in blood, and when he came to her she inclined her head and appraised him coolly. She did not seem disappointed by what she saw.

She called him Murk, because of where he'd come from, and because he only replied with a croak when questioned on his name. Her name was Galatea. Murk followed Galatea for the remainder of the night, and hid with her in the shadows during the day. He did this for many nights and days, during which she taught him how to speak and how to creep soundlessly through shadows unseen even by the most careful watcher. He learned to speak as she spoke, and in his peculiarly childlike way grew to speak of himself as she does -- as if he is not himself, but rather a third-person observer reporting what he’s learned about the vessel he inhabits. Others find it strange, while Galatea finds it amusing and at times even charming.

His training by Galatea’s side earned him swiftness and stealth unmatched by many others in the clan. This, in turn, won him a place among Elisheba’s night hunters, and he now gladly follows his blood-draped moon on their nocturnal patrols and wherever else she sees fit to lead him.

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[center][size=2]Bio by [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/1491328]Rifter #2226[/url].[/size][/center]