Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-7838080-20130813201110/@comment-7838080-20130830150503

Aria nodded, a small sigh escaping her. She figured the question would come...she just didn't expect it at a time like this. "Yes...it is to my family. Namely, my father..." She looked down at the ground, her tone becoming morose, "You see...I was considered from day one to be the weak one in the family. My father had me train in combat  for hours on end, even while I was groomed to take over the family business when I came of age." Her tone then took on a hard edge, "I constantly fell short of my father's standards, which lead to him calling me 'weak', 'vulnerable', and 'a disgrace'. "

She brushed back the hair away from her eyes, revealing to Barth the scar that graced her features, "An attack by an unknown assailant while I was at Sanctum...it changed his perspective." Her volume dropped almost to a whisper, "Even so...I still feel this constant need to push myself to edge out of my father's shadow." She then went silent, her thoughts saying, ''And I don't think I ever will. ''