Cleo's Links
Her twin brother!
He's dead! It's! Really sad, uh. And she can't stop herself from crying almost everytime she thinks of him and how.. annoying he was sometimes, and how.. dead.. he was then.. and... but then Ra comes over and calms her down. And they miss him together.
...Strangers are really nice to her often, for some reason. And sometimes they kinda remind her of him, too. She wonders why..
His twin sister, the only thing he remembers from the times when he... was. And he remembers that he didn't want her hurt as much as he was. So he's gonna try to protect her with every fiber of what is left of his being! He tries to stay near her, no matter who he is at the given moment. She often time stays with some green lioness, who seems familiar, and some brown bat, who tends to be rude to her. He doesn't like it, but the brown bat is. Kinda scary. He doesn't.. he doesn't wanna risk disappearing if they're gonna hurt him. He doesn't want to disappear.
Sis! Sis is great! Always there, getting her pink things she likes, always wipes away her tears, feels.. almost like mommy! Though mommy was prettier.. And Ra is always tired, and often smells of sweat, and she's really quiet, too. But that's alright - Cleo still loves her. They need each other and they need to love each other - after all they're all the family they have left!
Her poor little sister, who's seen way too much for a ten year old. It certainly.. had an effect. She tries to eat spiders, she giggles while watching news about more and more catastrophies, she took in that horror that kept Ra up for five nights like it was Teletubbies. But the normal stuff still upsets her, like dropping ice cream or losing her favourite bow, so maybe she's just.. not developed enough to understand the weight of those things. She still cries over Pat and dad and mom a lot..
Umm.. Ra told her about uncle Riley, but she can't remember him. He was probably nice, cause Ra likes talking about him. Or maybe he's dead, and that's why she talks about him nice? Dunno.
His cousin's little daughter, really similar to Riley's mother. A pretty little thing.. it's.. unfair, that she would die. But it's also.. somehow.. reassuring, that the whole family passed on, and no-one had to miss one another.
...Though some bodies were not identified, and some never found.
And he swears he's seen a little golden lioness just recently around the suburbs. But there's plenty of those in the world, right?
They don't go to the same school, but their schools are near each other and they often run into each other on the bus or on walks, too! Maia is nice, and her friend! She.. tends to be a bit mean sometimes, but when Cleo starts crying she apologises really fast and gives her candy that she took from other kids at her private school.. Maia often calls her her sidekick and tells Cleo she'll teach her how to suck out the life of people, but it will probably never happen. That's mean. And silly.
Cleo is a perfect future servant! ...She's also a little scary, like, of course, Maia is much more, but like, Cleo is the only kid that doesn't even flinch when Maia is talking about scary stuff like spiders and dead people and demons and stuff! Though it's really easy to bring her to tears just by basic bullying, so she's still kinda weak. But Maia likes her. She lives only with her sister, just like Maia lives with Viscon, and they both miss their families a lot. Maybe, when she's back with mom, she could ask her to revive Cleo's family! Mom could surely do that!