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"Ah, I suppose I should properly introduce you." Dr. Zahhak says "This is my associate Meulinda. Meulinda, this is my mentee-"
"Associate? You can call me your moirail Horatius, don't be shy." Meulinda butts in, teasing.
Then her attention turns to you, her eyes focused directly on you. A scar runs across her face, directly over her eyes, which are black and green. Her scelera are black, two orbs of shiny black metal with neon green LEDs replacing her irises. Her pupils are thin and sharp, but widen like a cat's with recognition.
"R-" She starts, and cuts yourself off. "No, you changed it, it was something with a D, right? Not Dave, that was Roxy..." She trails off, clicking her tongue. "Dirk! Right, it was Dirk, of course. Roxy, Rose, and Dirk!"
She knows you. She knows who you are, well enough to put your name in a list with your sisters. And you have no fucking clue why or how.
"You know him?" Dr. Zahhak asks. Not making the connection with the names Roxy and Rose yet, but your hopes of maintaining being 'some random kid from mantle who isn't famous don't worry about it' are quickly being dashed to pieces as Meulinda rushes toward you.
"Yeah, haven't seen him since he was a little tiny kitten though." She reaches her hand forward and places it on top of your head. "You've grown so much!" She moves her hand from the top of your head to hers. "You're the same size as me now. I remember when I could hold you in one arm. Your foot was the size of the final joint of my thumb, you know."
You want to ask her why the fuck she knows you. You also suspect that would blow any cover you still could pretend to maintain, with her probably talking about why she know your parents. She, however, to continue your comparison of her to Bro, is acutely aware of your emotional state.
"You don't remember me do you? Your dad was very close with my Hubby when he was alive. And my boyfriend to, uh, not Horatius, Kani. I guess Delumara too, they still talk these days, at least I think they do. Both of them are pretty anti-social these days."
It takes a few moments to make the connection. The only connection there with enough information that you can hook onto is that the knows Delumara. Not well, or at least not well anymore. You don't know very much about Delumara Megido, She's a mafia boss and a huntress, the fact that she still holds her license impresses you, having obviously fallen into crime since her days at Beacon. On team KDMM, you think. She'd the D in that acronym, the K being Kanakatri Vantas now headmaster of Beacon, one of the M's being Miyatesh Captor, Dave's original namesake, who died in an attack on his village along with his son 8 years ago.
The other M, is of course, Meulinda Captor. Still an active huntress, and apparently your mentor's moirail.
Well, shit.
"Hey, Meulinda, could you not talk about Bro- Uh my father? We aren't on great terms."
You say in the most subtle, casual, and normal way that you can given that you just referred to your father as 'Bro' in public.