Always the shadow, the reject but never Athanasia de Alger Obelia
"Non sum filia, soror aut principissa cuiquam."
In the tender years of her youth, a mere child of nine sought naught but the gentle caress of warmth, yet found herself adrift in the icy expanse of familial indifference.
Ignored and unseen, she pondered the question: why should she strive for connection when none deigned to acknowledge her existence?