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Áróra had had a frustrating morning. The little box Vladimir had given her, she kept trying to shatter the light bulb inside, like he had said to do, but the best she could do was a slight flicker. She had been at it for weeks, but with no real progress as of late. Luckily, she had something to look forward to. Vilyum had taken her to get a real crossbow, not just some Nerf weapon. She wouldn’t be allowed to use it, not until she was a bit older, but he said they should start modifying it now. She was real strong, so just some normal, everyday crossbow would not do. He was going to help her make it take advantage of her strength, so that it would shoot harder and faster and even farther. Best of all, no one else would be able to use it properly, well, at least no ordinary human. There was bound to be a few more super strong people out there, but with her and her daddy’s mechanical knowledge, they could put a special lock in it. Then she would be its only wielder. Maybe she could give it a name! It would be her special crossbow. She couldn’t wait to get home and start; this day was looking up for sure!

“Áróra,” Vilyum called out, though she didn’t hear him, she was completely lost in thought. Waving his hand in front of her face, he called out again, “Can you hear me Áróra?”

“Huh? Oh! Sorry daddy,” she replied, “I was thinking about something.”

“Well, I hope you are looking too.”

“Mmmhmm, I like….this one! Though not the color so much,” she exclaimed as she picked up a crossbow. It was a rifle crossbow. It had a scope and a draw weight of 225.

Laughing, Vilyum replied, “Fine choice, I think that will be a good starter draw weight for you. We can repaint it however you like. I bet we could modify a magazine in there, make it a repeater. Well I am going to go pay for this and check on some other parts. You can keep looking around if you want.”

“Ok daddy,” Áróra replied with a wide smile. Time to see what else they have here, she thought with a grin.

This place was amazing, Áróra thought, they have so many things, not just crossbows. After Vilyum had left her, to go get see if they could find some parts and pay for the crossbow, she had kept looking at the crossbows briefly. She liked some of the others, but ultimately, she was pleased with her choice. Next, she had wandered in amongst the regular bows. They were pretty interesting as well, though some of the bigger ones, she couldn’t hope to use, even with her strength. At least she couldn’t until she had gotten a bit taller. The compound one’s seemed to be the most interesting bow; they had cables and pulleys. She absolutely loved anything mechanical. Her crossbow also had some pulleys, but later, it might even have more! They just had to modify it first. After that, she passed some hunting gear; camouflage clothing, orange vests, and the like. She wasn’t really interested in that though and passed through it quickly.

As she made her way towards the hunting blades, she saw an older girl. Her skin, the markings on it seemed similar to those on Ily’s tail. She wondered if this was another wrath girl from the labs. Even if she wasn’t wrath, though she was pretty sure she was, she was very likely from the 7’s lab. Áróra had to meet her. She hurried over to the girl and exclaimed, with a wide smile on her face, “Hello! I am Áróra! How are you? You have a tail! That is so cool! Is that a frog in your hair? It’s pretty; I like frogs!”

She’s rude, Áróra couldn’t help but think, and her opinion was quite visible on her face. Áróra had just been trying to be friendly, but this girl seemed to think that just because she was a little older, she could be rude and condescending. Though based on how she was acting, the girl obviously thought she was older then she actually was. Áróra wasn’t the most knowledgeable when it came to, well to the behavior the older girl was displaying, but she knew enough that watching it and the managers reaction to it, well, it made her feel icky. If this was the type of lessen the other girl wanted to teach her, she had no desire to learn it.

She had no idea why the girl chose to act like she did, but it made her uncomfortable. “Aren’t you a little young for him?” she blurted out, “you’re barely older than me. I…I don’t want to use any gift like that.” She didn’t really know what else to say. All she knew was that she didn’t want to act like this girl was, ever. Vilyum had taught her that if you can’t say anything nice, it’s best to not say anything at all. It might be best if she didn’t say anything else about the girl. “I think I am going to see if my Daddy is done.”

“That doesn’t make it any better,” Áróra replied; she did not approve of the other girl’s actions.

Wordlessly, Áróra turned and left to find Vilyum. She found him rather quickly. As she approached the back of the store, he was exiting a door marked “Staff Only”, along with a man wearing a suit. He had several bags full of merchandise in one arm and the crossbow in the other. She rushed over to him, happy to see him after her encounter with the rude girl.

“Well, I’ve gotten everything taken care of here. See anything interesting?” Vilyum asked at her approach.

“Well, there was this rude girl,” she answered, looking downward.

Shifting the crossbow to his other hand, he ruffled her hair, “Oh? Is everything alright?”

“Yeah, I‘m just ready to go.”

“Ok, let’s go, we got a crossbow to put modify after all!”

That brought a smile to her face, “Ok! I can’t wait!”