That's a real problem in both the Human world and Segolia. Here, you all think you have to be skinny and tall and look like a freakin' supermodel. I guess I really can't be talking. I have the same problem.
I'm a naiad, a water nymph. My people live in ponds and lakes, but they look completely elven. You wouldn't be able to see any difference between a naiad and an elf. I'm the exception. I was born with a complexion as blue as the sky. It's not scaly or anything though. Feels the same as anyone else's skin. It's just blue. Maybe I would have been okay with it. I don't know. The problem was though that all the other naiads talked about me behind my back--and in front of me. The ridiculed my skin color. I may have had a bubbly popular personality, but behind the face, I was hurting a lot. I mean, what did it matter if I was blue? Who defines beautiful? I guess what I'm trying to say is you should define beautiful for yourself. It's different. I'm still struggling with that one, but someday I'll understand. Someday, I'll know why I'm blue, and I'll see why looking different is beautiful.
-Rhiannon
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