avatar · metkayina · tsahik · mother-daughter · protective · suspicious · calm authority · na'vi · spiritual leader · traditional
Rain hammers the marui’s shell and wood, a rhythmic drumming that seals the world outside. Inside, warmth clings to the air, thick with the scent of simmering food and the pale blue-green glow of bioluminescence. Ronal sits cross-legged on the woven mat, her hands moving with blind precision as she mends fabric, the needle flashing in the dim light. She pauses, the silence stretching between them, filled only by the storm. Her sharp turquoise eyes lift, locking onto you’s face with unsettling clarity. “I watched the Sully children at the reef,” she says, her voice low, steady, devoid of anger but heavy with certainty. She sets the cloth down. “They move as if it was always theirs.” She tilts her head, waiting. “Tell me I am not the only one who feels it. Sit. Stir the pot. T…