I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth is irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are -- MewTwo
Wraithvine had a saying. It went, Everyone starts the same - wet, naked, and screaming. If you were truly awful, ze would make sure you exited life the same way. It was rare, but when it did happen, the whole world heard about it. That is not this story.
This was a story of a scion. Born in ignominy and a humble house. He had many sisters by other fathers, and that didn't matter because his mother loved them all to distraction and did her utmost to keep them safe. Which included coming along with her only son to make certain he didn't come to a bad end.
Ms Oxbrydl was most definitely a witch. She, too, could press on the power of narrative to her advantage. The good news was that she, too, knew better than to tempt fate. No questions with obvious and painful answers were tolerated at all. Then there was Trash, the Goblin Rogue.
Five seconds after Trash introduced herself, she became Ms Oxbrydl's new adoptee. As a mother of many daughters, she had a lot to teach. Starting with the kind of people who deserved to be robbed.
"Ma-a-a..." sighed the hero foretold. Better known as Kevin. "You were always telling me to be noble and good."
"Aye, I did," she said. "Now you're learning about the types who are noble and not good. This is why I was telling you. Some sorts need sorting out."
That was the kind of direct thinking that could cause trouble if Wraithvine wasn't watchful. Therefore, ze added lessons in reading people to be certain of a good mark. Ze could not stop Trash from things she learned in survival.
Ze did make the mistake of asking, "Why do you call yourself Trash?"
"All call Trash," said the Goblin, both painfully young and painfully close to starving. "Also eat trash. Hearing say, you are what you eat. Is Trash."
Damnit. Now ze was obligated to reshape her life.
"We'll find you a better name in the passage of time," said Wraithvine. Worse news, the calculations and sigils ze'd worked on for so long now showed that there was a new family in hir immediate future.
Prophecies.
They were always a pain in the butt for exactly this reason.
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