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Flashback - Too Young To Know Better
"Art thou lost?" Vincent crouched down, which scarcely made him any shorter than he already was. He'd decided to go see Moira and Danielle by a different route than usual. Mother was busy talking about magic he apparently wasn't ready for yet, with some girl who laughed like a magpie, so he was able to slip out more easily than usual.

The girl, sniffling and hiding her face behind a mop of sandy hair, shook her head. Vincent had found her at the base of a small outcropping, having managed to get down it with a minor feather charm. "Don't cry. I art going to see my friends. Thou shalt join me." He grins at her, offering a tiny hand.

"Nobody... nobody talks to me.." The girl said, her voice little more than a whisper as she wiped her eyes, reaching for his hand, then shaking her head again and standing up, keeping her hand to herself.

Vincent furrowed his brow and pursed his lips. "I know... other children art most foolish. He smiled at her and waved for her to follow him. Slowly, she did. "I... I art Sigrid."

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"Lady Rahne! My Lord! I hath come to play with Moira and Danielle! I brought a new friend with me!"

A heartbeat later Vincent was subject to the affections of the younger ones, as they tackled him, sniffing him over for anything interesting he might have been near on the way there.

"Oh? Well where is she then, dear?" Rahne said fondly, as the twins accompanied her from the den.

"She's right here!" He pointed to her. "Her name is Sigrid!"

"....Vincent?"

"Where did you meet your new friend, little enchanter?" Hrimhari puts a hand on Rahne's shoulder, asking her for a moment while he questions the boy.

"I found her by herself, near the little hill south of Mother's tower, near Asgard's walls."

Rahne's face blanched in understanding. "Oh... Oh Vincent..." She looked at Hrimhari. "How can he?"

"The boy is of magical blood... and too young to know what he should not be able to do."

"...my Lord?" Vincent looks up uncertainly, before walking over to Sigrid. "Come, Sigrid, say hello to Lord Hri--" He paled as his hand went through her arm, and she faded away.