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Zaire smiled. "this is Gayle."
Gayle blushed, scratching his head nervously." Heheh...hi...!"

Zaire continued to stur the pot, adding some milk and butter, along with the flavoring.

"Oh! Hi, I'm Alma, Zaire found me outside the clearing and brought me here"

She smiled warmly, her tail and ears returned to normal. She tried her best to keep her voice from sounding to excited, having heard that Gayle was shy.

"really? Heheh. Welcome to Fora then!" Gayle seemed to relax, and smiled brightly. "are you a Zerola..?"

Oh. I had forgot to ask her that! Smart move Gayle! We have to be certain she is a Zerola. Zaire took the pot off the burner and into the strainer.

"A Zerola? what's that?"

She had heard rumors about them as she traveled but nothing really clear.

"well, all of us in Fora are Zerolas."

Zaire put in the comment As he set up three steaming bowls of Mac & cheese.

Gayle nodded. "A Zerola is a being that's had a microchip implanted into their hearts."

"Really?"

The memory of the heart surgery flashed in the mind, her ears flipped back.

Concern flickered in Gayle's eyes.

"did I say the wrong thing...?"

Sending her change of attitude, Zaire paused, and "watched" her. If she really was a Zerola, there was only one way to check.

Alma smiled.

"No, not at all! It's just that... Let's sit down first and I'll tell you"

As she spoke her smile faded, and her eyes portrayed sadness.

Gayle's concern grew, and he nodded, taking two of the bowls and following Zaire into the main hall of the dining room.

He placed the bowls on the table, and Zaire sat down, followed by Gayle and finally Alma.

"this looks good...!"

Alma smiled half heartedly.
"yeah it does"
She sighed.
"Now what I wanted to tell you is that when I was young..."
She told them everything she could remember. The experiments, the loneliness and sorrow, the pain of first transformation, everything. Except, the demon, her madness, and...
"...but the one thing that I remember most vividly is the first experiment they did. I had woken up in the middle of some type of surgery, I was strapped down but what I could see is that they were focusing on my chest and that some of them held surgical objects, mostly knives, covered in blood. It was then that I realized that I couldn't feel my chest. At the same Time they realized that I was awake and tried to put me under again. the last thing I saw (what I think) was the head doctor taking something metallic from a small chest"
Her face was dark, she had taken a few bites while she spoke but her bowl was still mostly full, she felt weak but nothing too bad.

Zaire frowned. Gayle stifled a gasp, loping at Alma A's memories of his own surgery came back to him.

"that's horrible... I'm so sorry...."

Zaire shook his head slightly. "it truly is a horrible process..."

Zaire took a bite of his Mac & cheese, the room becoming silent.

"It's, it's fine. I guess I've come to live with it and it's not the worst thing that's happen to me"

The memory of the demon experiment flashed in her mind.

"Besides, without it we would have never met"

She smiled halfheartedly, trying to brighten up the mood.

Gayle and Zaire both blushed.

"y-yeah..Heheh...that's right..!"

They continued to eat in silence.

"being a Zerola isn't really that bad...beside the surgery..."

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Alma finished her bowl. She turned towards Zaire and smiled.

"That was delicious Zaire, thank you for making it"

Zaire smiled, standing Up and taking the bowls.

"thanks. It wasn't a bother."

As they got up from the table, Gayle pushed his chair in silently.

"so, are you Staying here too?"

"um, yeah I'm staying in the room with the bookcases"

Alma pushed in her chair and asked Zaire...

"Need any help?"

Gayle smiled. "really? That's awesome!"

Zaire shook his head slightly, heading through the swinging door and Into the kitchen.

Alma smiled back,
"yeah, I don't know why but the books sorta drew me in. Does that sound crazy to you?"

Gayle shook his head. "not at all!"

"Can you tell me more about this place? Zaire's told me a little but not too much."