Butterfly Moth (GxG)

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Sphingidae: A family of moths, commonly known as hawk moths; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid sustained flying ability.
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Nyx didn't know how to feel about the girl with the curly hair and tanned skin. All she knew was that her voice was so calming to listen to. It was unlike all else she had ever heard on television, and very different from Diane's.

Her life seemed so much different than Nyx's. For years, Nyx had been told to remain in the confines of that house, with no sign of ever being let out. Diane didn't want her to grow too curious, so Nyx kept her curiosity to herself. Even though she desperately wished for a day outdoors beneath the hot sun, Diane never allowed her to and Nyx never asked.

She knew very little about what life was like on the other side of that front door. The sort of books that Diane had laying around the house were typically informative, about how to put things together or take them apart, which Diane told her daughter that those weren't books at all and were really called instructions. There were also a few magazines, but most pages were torn out.

The various books that weren't instructional, were fantasy. Diane explained that they weren't remotely similar to real life, and that Nyx shouldn't base her understanding of the world on what she read in those books. So, that left Nyx with little to no knowledge of what other teenage girls did with their time.

Then there was what she was allowed to watch on the television. Diane would let her watch wildlife documentaries, or old Disney movies. That was all she was privy to viewing, and that didn't seem too bad. In fact, Nyx quite liked wildlife documentaries, because she adored being able to view the outdoors, even if it was through a screen. At least when she watched it on TV, she didn't have to worry about being caught looking outside.

Her whole life, the only voices she ever listened to were that of narrator's, Disney character's, her mother's, and her very own. Sometimes, Nyx liked to think about if other people led similar lives or if she was the only one. For a while, Nyx did think that other kids her age must have lived the same way. But then she saw that girl on her porch, wearing an odd uniform that she had never seen before with some sort of pamphlet in her palm. That girl looked to be her age and she was outside during the day, walking up to other people's houses.

A small dent was made in her iron cage that day. Nyx went from willfully suppressing her inner want to leave that house, to allowing that want to surface. She told herself that she wasn't going to go near it, just simply let it simmer.

When Diane came home they ate dinner and then watched a documentary on monkeys. Nyx was still captivated by the beautiful bright green scenery, but the urge to finally leave and find a place like that for herself was a bit stronger than usual.

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