Typically, when I come out of hibernation nothing of particular note ever seem to occur, however, this spring was different, as it came with something I could never have expected. A human child or, as Ren would describe her, a pet. For a human, anything nonhuman is a pet, as I had learned once but, in our circumstance, she is a pet, as she hasn't been entirely adopted, as someone's child. From what I had gathered, attention was something she mostly tolerated, not so much as enjoyed, then again, she's known isolation since infancy, especially since she wasn't much wanted to begin with , at the same, she's been a pet and pets often tolerate the prescence of their masters if they've learned to.
I never did expect a human in our house, let alone a child one, however, something in me stung like thorns in an open wound. She was a reminder of my rather colorful history, a history, I have preffered ever so not speak of. How horrid for humans to abandon their offspring, of course, it's not an human only sort of occurance, as I will not have met Ran otherwise and she in turn with Chen. I remember both very well and, yet, with my memories came more reminders. Like Ran, Chen, and the child sitting in the corner with a futon and a bowl, I had been alone since the beginings of my life, however, kindness, a luxury I didn't so easily have, saved them.
At the same, her abandonment reminded me of something else. Some have lost their offspring and others abandon them, tossing them away like trash, yet some yearn to have them. Due to unfortunate circumstances, I could never have them, yet, I am often forced to watch an endless practice, as I haven't had any control of the matter, however, I know she will be an exception.
After feeling the pain of old wounds and the reminder thereof, I had a new feeling, one of protectiveness. I sat down, lightly ruffled the child's wispy hair, and said, "She will need a proper name. From henceforth, "Setugo" was to be called "Reimu" and neither was she to be confined to the attic for majority of her time.