Verose hadn't really looked back since the day she decided to leave her home and sisterhood to follow the path of her father. It had been difficult, but she still found herself confident that this was the right choice. She could go home to the isle if she needed to see her mother, say hello to a few sisters, but the Earthlings were always a welcoming bunch and one she enjoyed seeing once more. Yes, there was no regrets for her choice, none what so ever.

Yet, as the first brush of pollen lifted by the breeze fell against her cheek, she found herself aching deep down in her heart. Her eyes watered, her nose tickled, and she was brought back to the sweet scent of her childhood she thought she had forgotten all those years ago.

Oh the homesickness, it was thick enough to cause her throat to tighten. She wanted to cry for a split second, before she caught herself and took a deeper look at what was going on around her. The pollen was filling the air, different than the typical dust that was part of the Balrean spring. It was almost like a glitter, at least from her vision. As her friends approached and questioned, all she could do was speculate.

"Sure, maybe it's from the tree. It's hard to say, she's never done this before. Trust me. If I knew I'd say something."

The same questions, naturally considering she was a hybrid who had grown up on the Isle but moved off to the Earthlings. That and she was on probably the most inquisitive isle in the world, with the scientists all but begging her to go to the Academy to share her insights.

But she didn't forsake her heritage, so she refused to provide any insights whatsoever. so she settled in and watched as the pollen floated on the breeze, as the earthlings began to change, and wondered if there was something more. Was this a coincidence? Had the other trees caused such changes when they bloomed? Surely this happened with Elzira for the sisterhood to know, but when she finally tracked down a runner the sister had no clue. All she could do was repeat what they knew - this was something new caused by the great tree maturing and the earthling reactions was nothing for them to worry about.

They cared about their tree, their sisterhood, and nothing more. The earthlings would need to figure it out for themselves.

Dear goddess, that only made things worse. When word got out that she was of the isle even more people began to approach her for details. Which she had no answers to, nor any reason why she herself was unaffected. In fact she might have wanted to stick around in the sisterhood had this happened, but she had turned her back on the teachings as soon as she could leave the isle, and thus the news was nothing she could benefit from unless she decided to fall in love with a Vandrea. Which frankly there were none she had kept up with, so that was out.

Verose really didn't mind the thought, not really one to consider a family in her current state. She was more content to explore her new skills and the world over creating a family, and maybe one day she'd find a way. Or adopt. Either way, the temptation of a hybrid child much alike herself was something she easily brushed over.

Still, she sent her own internal prayers back to the sisters who decided they wanted to pursue such avenues, happy they had such a chance to explore. Maybe one day she'd go back and provide her thanks, a simple visit surely wasn't outside of the scope, even if she could no longer approach the tree. But she could see the branches, the trees, and maybe even if she flew over it in the sky ship she could send her prayers on the wind. Surely the great tree that raised her would be open to her message, if that was an option.

But for now, Verose was more content to get the hell out of dodge before more Earthlings demanded she tell them all the secrets she herself had no clue about. Absolute insanity was something she was not a fan of, and surely if she got far enough away from everything they'd understand and leave her alone. She was over it, and that meant she didn't need to be around to answer any more questions.