LIVESTOCK, xanthia ellis

[attr="class","appn"]xanthia ellis

[attr="class","appc"]age 018

[attr="class","appc"]group commoner

[attr="class","appc"]sex female

[attr="class","appc"]occupation livestock

[attr="class","appp"]



The phrase "life is beautiful" is something that Xanthi could honestly say she did not believe. Life was a cruel foe, designed to break a person to their very core until there was nothing left of them. Life was uncaring if someone could not make it on their own; it was either they stayed on the ground or they get back up to keep on going. There was no in-between.[break][break]

Being born blind made this truth well known to her. Although she could not physically see, she was not unseeing. Life was especially cruel to those who were born with a weakness. She suffered enough at the hands of the humans who had taken care of her. They had been neglectful and unsympathetic to her. When she was taken somewhere new filled with people who wanted to hurt her and take her blood, she had somehow expected life would only be worse.[break][break]

And as foolish as it was, she hoped for something better. At least she had her songs. They brought her peace when nothing else would.[break][break]

Xanthi was their songbird for a time, but they didn't want to hear her songs; they only wished to hear her screams. That is, until him. Sombra was his name and he took her in. He, in a way, protected her against this cruel world and she grew to be thankful for him.