The night before the proving

After a small discussion with Bast, the one who had scared her with a rock when they were just little children, Aloy went to bed. Initially, Bast wanted to sleep as well, but two things kept him awake: Firstly, the fact how Aloy, who was nothing more than a motherless outcast in his eyes, had talked back to him and secondly, the fact that this very same outcast was wearing the armor of a nora.

Bast lay there a little while longer until he was sure, that everybody else was sleeping already. Then he snuck out of his bed, to take some **** on Aloy. He paused for a moment, because he didn't quite know, what to do to her. That's when an evil grinn appeared on his face. As silently and gentle as possible, Bast began cutting apart Aloys outfit. After a while, that felt like an eternity, because he had to act so slow, Bast finally succeeded in taking the last stitch of clothing from Aloy. He bound the remains to a tight bundle, which he quickly got rid off, by dumping it out of the window.

Now he looked back at his completely nude victim and thought to himself: Well, this humiliation should teach her to respect me. And the problem of the outfit has been solved as well. He was about to go to sleep, when he had even more ideas what he could do to the sleeping beauty that began slightly shivering, because of her missing clothes and the blanket, that Bast had layed on the floor next to her bed.