Butterfly Moth (GxG)

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Theclinae: A group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropical species as well as a number found in the Americas.
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Sitting at the dinner table eating fork fulls of homemade macaroni, Hemera Leora thought to herself. There was so much to unravel, and she didn't know if she could say any of it to anyone.

There was a girl who was about her age living with Miss Alisman. She said that she was her daughter, and that she wasn't being hurt. But what didn't add up was the fact that she said that she wasn't scared of the outside. If she wasn't scared of it, then why wouldn't she ever leave? And if Miss Alisman wasn't scaring her into staying, or even harming her, then what was going on?

Phoebe was telling some story to their parents, but Leora was elsewhere. She didn't want to go to the police or even her own parents about it all until she was sure that something suspicious was happening. First, she needed to gain the girl's trust enough to actually speak with her. Knocking wasn't going to work. She needed to see her, hear her, talk with her.

Coming to an abrupt conclusion of what needed to be done, Leora shoved another forkful of macaroni into her mouth. Miss Alisman was doing something to that girl, and Leora was going to find out what. Her plan of finding a way to sneak out of the house at night was to be put to the side. That was far less important.

Her whole life the only interesting thing she ever did was try to convince her parents to allow her to do things. To finally experience a cold night. There was a quote that Leora once read:

"I only ask to be free,
The butterflies are free."

And she could do nothing more than shake her head at it, even though that was an out of context Charles Dickens quote from the perspective of a delusional character. The butterflies were free to live beneath the sun. Come nighttime, and the butterflies were to leave. Leora was a butterfly doomed to live a life a in the confines of the daytime, unable to witness the adventures of the night.

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