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Nectar had cut both of her talons by accident and she says it's because she was crying and got distracted. . . Well I guess if you're snooping in my journal you probably know what she said she was crying about.
She cut both of them by (and here's how she said it) accidentally cutting the talon she was holding the star moss with while cutting it by holding the knife in the other. She dropped the knife, tried to catch it, caught it by the blade, and finally dropped it again so it hit the ground.

She knocked over the small pot of star moss at some point in her cutting herself with the knife, but I picked it up and washed it off, I didn't let Nectar wash off the star moss because well. I frankly don't want blood on my dinner and she was still bleeding and sobbing.

I boiled it rather than frying it or grilling it or so on. It made it seem like goo afterwards. Though it now looked like algae it still tasted good! Which I'll have to remember if I ever want to cook that again. That was essentially how yesterday went but Nectar isn't calming down at all, she's panicking and sometimes I feel like I have to be the adult now. She needs time to heal too, and not just physically...

I don't know if I'll be able to go with Ares and Glossamer today if they come and try to get me to go with them, because my mother's injury. Nectar says it would be fine, but I can't let her go to work like this because she keeps limping oddly and I can tell she hurts. I guess it might be ok because her job is basically to sit and look nice, she wouldn't be putting any strain on her talons and wouldn't injure them more. But... then there's the sobbing and I can't even get a word in. It makes me want to cry too.

She probably wouldn't look very pretty in the Hivewings eyes sobbing like that. So therefore she can't do her job anyway.

Wow reading over that the whole thing seems rude. But still that whole ordeal was yesterday, doesn't mean she's not still crying.

Oh knocking on the door, it must be Glossamer and Ares again. I'll go see if they can get clean bandages for Nectar while I try and console her.

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It wasn't Glossamer and it wasn't Ares.
It was Helix's mother. Who is a complete jerk. And I had to talk to her today which was sooo fun; I'm writing this as she talks to my mom in the other room but this is what's happened since I opened the door.

She already looked bored with being here waiting two seconds at the door. She was wearing about three necklaces and this weird thing around her horns. But she looked bored and tired. She asked if this is where her servant was, the red one, the silkwing.

Oh Clearsight, they don't even know Nectars name. But fine I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say she couldn't remember it at the moment because she looked tired like she was tired standing at the door like that. I asked if she'd like to come in though I wanted to slap her right there at the doorstep. She stated that if Nectar wasn't here she'd try again at another house and even now I'm wondering how many Silkwings she bothered to try and get Nectars attention or get her to come to work.

I said no Nectar is in fact here and she's my mother.

She said oh! Your Nectars daughter you must surely know my name.

Three moons I hate her so and even though I hate her I do feel slightly rude saying my next bit, I feel like I snapped at her but I also feel she does deserve to be snapped at. If she reads this for some reason... well IT WAS YOUR FAULT I YELLED, and IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION DEAR HELIX'S MUM; MY FATHER DIED RECENTLY!! SO DON'T CONTINUE JERK FACE.

I said to her "One I'm no girl. Let's get that straight, I'm a boy. Two if I should surely know your name you should also know my name or at least know I'm a boy. Three Nectar isn't a servant she doesn't go around serving food or serving anything other than her beauty, she is a client or employee not some housemaid. Four, you depend on her as much as she does you even. Five." And I paused there when speaking I realized I was about to overstep my boundaries, I was about to insult her very crudely but in a way that would surely put me in Misbehaviors lane or at least get my mom fired. So I continued from the 'Five' by saying quite politely I think "now would you like to come in?"

I remember this so well. It felt good yelling at a Hivewing for once and not being the one on the short end of the stick. Though of course that can never last.

Her eyes were wide like I'd just pulled her out of her boredom and into somewhere interesting but far worse. Her neck was in a Z shape like it was trying to curl away from me. Her mouth was wide open. I smiled as I turned around, oh Dragonfly that felt good. And the look on her face, I almost laughed!

She sauntered in in a confused way. Like she never got yelled at by a Silkwing before, which actually might be true now that I think about it.

Nectar was in the other room and I asked Helix's mother if she'd want any tea or something else while I was bringing in Nectar. She said no and that she wouldn't like anything I had here. Like I was selling something and cause I was a Silkwing it wouldn't be 'good enough' , well hey 'I don't like what I see in front of me' and 'You look good enough to punch in the face'

That was a better comment in my head, technically I'm seeing a journal that I've been writing in lately and not her anymore but I did indeed think of saying that at the time. Instead I said 'ok, I'll get her now' with a polite voice she didn't deserve.

I went to Nectar who was sniveling and not completely a mess and said 'she's here, the Hivewing you work for' ... or something along those lines.

My mother simply said 'Oh.'
And kept sniveling but was Wiping her eyes and I assume she was trying to look a little more presentable.

I led her to the room miss stinger-for-brains was waiting in. Nectar looked the part... of a mess. You could see it on the Hivewings face, she was unimpressed and quite possibly disappointed. I chimed in 'She shouldn't have to go to work today, somethings come up, two of her talons are cut and it wouldn't be healthy to go to work.'

'Oh I'll be the judge of that.' She said. What a jerk oh Clearsight. She grabbed Nectar by the wrists, sort of aggressively, there were bandages on them but the Hivewing lady said 'take this stuff off' like she didn't know what the three moons bandages were.

We didn't have clean bandages to put on after taking those on now off, and I told her that! But being the dumb dragon she is she waved off the notion with a claw and 'oh that will be all then' Or if to say screw you but politely.

I gave her a long hard stare, I'm still a little confused did she actually want me to just leave the room or take the bandages off anyway? She was dismissing me like a dumb servant, and I don't even work for her!! She stared back and Nectar tilted her head at us a bit confused.

'We don't have clean bandages for afterwards. I don't want Nectar to go without bandages the rest of the day and get the wounds infected. I bet you don't believe Nectar is actually hurt but if I take off the bandages and you see she is hurt you have to pay for new bandages.' I said

'What?'

Yep. That dumb pompous Hivewing didn't understand what's I said.

So I actually dumbed it down for her; 'If I take off the bandages for you, you have to pay for new ones.' I wasn't staring at this point I was glaring daggers 'you got that?'

'Mmm Yeah' She shrugged. She shrugged oh Clearsight and crumb cakes I feel like she's not even listening.

'So??' I said cause she wasn't answering me.

'So what?'

'Do you want me to take the bandages off or not??'

'Oh yes that would be nice' she let go of Nectar and clapped her own hands when saying that.

'And you agree to pay for new ones, if I take these off?' I went and held Nectars hands, she looked tired... she was probably up all night crying about my father now that I think about it.

'Oh sure sure whatever but only if she's actually hurt and they won't be pricey new bandages though' that pompous ugh! I'm growling just writing about it!! She's so rich too, it's not like she doesn't have extra money to spend on bandages!!

'But you go for a moment your mother and I need to talk, I'll call for you when I want the bandages off.' She dismissed me like petty servant!!! Ugh!! Nectar wouldn't have to work for more than one day a week if Helix's mother actually payed her more than the other ones like she deserves!

Nectar is usually the winner of those beauty pageants but gets payed less than the other Silkwings Helix's mother employs!! If Helix's mom would give us even a bit of the jewelry she dresses Nectar up in we'd be pretty well off!

Helix's mother likes to win competitions, and doesn't want to pay the amount she does other Silkwings. But if my mother wins isn't she worth more than the others? Sometimes I think it's just so Nectar has to go to more of the competitions, and so that Helix's mother wins more.

Nectar deserves better than this she should be allowed to not have to go to work at least one day a week and get enough money for food!

If we got to keep even half of what Helix's mother used to dress up Nectar we'd be pretty well off for several moon cycles. . . Well I could take some but I'm worried that I'd get caught, what would Nectar think? What would Glossamer think? ... I know Ares would probably have tried to do it himself already.

Oh and I think Helix's mother is calling me back in again. "Great" yay me.

It's hard to portray sarcasm on paper.

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Well I was right and it sucked but she's gone now. She said 'oh fine take the bandages off' in some weird dumb way and I did.

'Oh' she said like she actually thought Nectar was pretending to be hurt.

'OH. Well then I guess you can't come to the competition looking like' she gestured at Nectar 'THAT' like she didn't remember the word injury or hurt or harm.

I ask her to keep up her end of the deal, where if I took the bandages off she'd have to give us new ones. She fiddled around with her jewelry a moment and lifted up her left arm there was a fancy little pouch on it I hadn't noticed earlier and she pulled out a roll of bandages after shuffling around in the pouch a moment. I heard all the scales jingling around in the pouch, oh Clearsight I bet this dragon has loads of money at all times she doesn't even know how much! It took her a minute to pull out the bandages but when she did she waved it off like it was nothing.

'I'll have a servant pick some new ones up at the bazaar' she shrugged. I wonder how old and cruddy the bandages are but they look alright so I guess they'll be ok.

I put the "fresh" bandages on Nectar after Helix's mother left. I feel like I should have asked what they talked about but Nectar didn't look like she was in the mood.

I've been trying to get Nectar to bed because she doesn't seem well. She's finally asleep which is good. I feel like I'm the the adult in the house now, Ha! . . . Well I guess with dad gone and everything. Gosh we don't need two dragons crying up a storm in the house!! I just shouldn't think about it. But I also don't want to forget him. Ugh!! Why is it so complicated!!

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The rest of the day was uneventful it's sunset now and Nectar is still asleep. I didn't really leave the house today and I spent most of the day cleaning stuff but I did make lunch and dinner for me and Nectar. Yet she's slept the whole day, but I don't think she slept at all last night so I haven't woken her up, I left both her lunch and dinner next to her. Not sure if she'll eat it.