more than wolf, more than woman [session 5] by Adria | World Anvil

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Sat 7th Aug 2021 01:26

more than wolf, more than woman [session 5]

by Adria

(prompt: the words i would like to live by are...)
 
when i was younger, i heard someone at home say "you are more than the sum of your parts," and while i was only passing by and missed the bigger context of it, it's kind of always been with me since. the thing about being a shifter is that i'm not just a woman, and i'm not just a wolf. i'm both, and sometimes it's really hard to reconcile these two aspects of myself. especially away from home like i am now.
 
trying to identify if aspects of myself are more human or wolf sometimes works, but is usually a dying battle. i have to remind myself that i'm more than wolf and more than woman. i am a unique, strong individual (no matter what the village elders may think.)
 
being amongst a truly diverse group of people like this has been such a learning experience, and it hasn't even been that long. but i am constantly being reminded that i am more. i may be impulsive, almost perpetually horny, and undeniably unique here, but i am me, and i am more than i appear.
 
i dunno if these are words to live by, per se, but they are words that reassure me. they comfort me that if i am meant for more as the elders seem to want, then maybe it can be what i choose and not what they want me to be. i may be an omega, but i am more than the sum of my parts. maybe leaving will show that i'm stronger than they ever anticipated.
 
(but really i'm awaiting the long distance lecture any day now. not that vaylan got one, ugh alpha privilege.)