I was fairly young at that time, around 45 years old, but I had the appearance of a human teenager.
I had that appearance for millennia, in fact, and only started aging some more after the last Celestial War forced me to.
My face was still round with youth, my body still quite developing, but I looked well old enough to understand the implications of what I was hearing.
"Wait! Do not just say things you do not understand!" Mother blushed and held his mouth frantically, her hand pressing against his lips to silence him. "I never said she was cute and amazing, and the most adorable, and I love her very much!!"
"Uh, I... never said that too..." The man called Rhine squinted in mild exaggeration before paying me a glance again, his intoxicated gaze lingering on me for a moment too long. "Little miss... Are you Marina?"
I hated him instantly.
I hated the way he looked at me. I hated the way he spoke about me as if I were a piece of property.
