As time passed, it seemed that Lilly wasn't what Bughuul had expected her to be at all. She'd remained as innocent as she'd been on the day of her birth.
Being almost three years old, Lilly looked twice her age and was no ordinary child. She liked to draw and was exceptionally good at it. She'd learned how to play the piano since she'd been fascinated by it when she was only a few months old. Bughuul first placed her on his lap and played her the lullaby he'd usually play to get her to sleep and she tried to play along with him.
Bughuul was more than happy to teach her how to play the piano and was pretty pleased at how skilled she was in the arts at her age, but there was something that was worrying him when it came to her – she didn't like violence.
The first time she was exposed to it was while she was outside with her mother when she noticed one of the older boys in the park kicking something. She ran closer to him, to get a better look and saw him mercilessly kicking a dog that had been badly injured beforehand, possibly by the same boy.
Lilly loved to play with animals on the rare occasions her mother would take her to the park since she wasn't allowed to socialize with any of the children there, if there were any since her mother made sure to take her out when there were no other children around or when the children around were too old to even bother approaching Lilly.
This boy appeared to be ten to twelve years old and was a lot taller than Lilly. Her eyes filled with tears when she first got closer and then she yelled at the boy as she cried to get him to stop. The boy turned to her, looking angry but then put on a slightly sinister smile upon turning to face her. Just as he pulled his knife out causing Lilly's heart to skip a beat, her mother ran up to her and the boy sprinted off.
-What were you thinking?!- her mother yelled-I've told you a hundred times to stay where I can see you!
Lilly was still in shock from what she'd seen and just rubbed her eyes.
-We won't be coming out to the park for a while. Or at all. I should've listened to your father when he told me that taking you out past the front yard would be a bad idea.
Lilly glanced at the dog that was still whimpering in pain and ran to it.
-Lilly, come back here!- her mother screamed.
Lilly looked at her mother, still standing beside the injured animal.
-But he needs my help. He's going to die.
-Leave him be. You know what healing those creatures does to you.
-I know. I'll get better, I always do. Please mommy, let me do it.
Her mother sighed.
-Alright, but this is the last time you'll be doing anything of the sort.
Lilly smiled and turned to the dog. She placed her hands on it, pressed on the largest wound on its body and used her powers to heal it. Since she was young, it took more time for the healing to take effect as well as more of her energy, making her feel dizzy and nauseous but she didn't care.
Her mother picked her up and touched her forehead. Lilly was burning up.
-This is a lot worse than the last time… Sweetheart, can you hear me?
-Yes…-Lilly played with her mother's golden lock of hair- I want to sleep mommy.
-Sleep baby, we'll be home soon.- she sighed- Your father won't like this at all…