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Theodora was always the rough and tumble sort, to her father's chagrin, and being raised under the same roof as anywhere from six to eleven foster brothers at any given point certainly didn't do her any favors in that arena, but at the very least, she learned a healthy respect for Nature, and a perhaps unhealthy amount of Pride.

But growing up has plenty of unforeseen side effects, like the removal of Naïvety, one harsh experience at a time, and the breaking of Pride, one failure at a time.

In a way, getting lost was probably the best thing to ever happen to her.