( she accepts the handshake, somewhat alarmed at it having been offered to her -- is she not a medusa case, self inflicted? and wouldn't she become medusa all over again, if given the choice? maybe the world isn't as jaded as silena thinks -- or maybe this girl is just sweetly kind, but in any case, silena finds herself proud to name piper sister. too often are the children of aphrodite cruel and judgmental. they could all take a lesson. )

Piper is a good name. ( it suits, good names and good people. silena smiles in a way that would've been beautiful at one time, but now just sits as a sorrowful reminder of how the pinnacle of her beauty can never be breached again, not since the drakon, the poison, the scar. she debates a name, debates a lie, but inevitably just sighs and relents -- can you blame her if she's sick of lying? )

I'm Silena Beauregard. I would've been your counselor! It's a shame, I think we would've gotten along awesomely.