Once, there were two girls born of the divine.
They were neither twins nor sisters, but even such bonds could never have matched the closeness that defined the two of them.
Everything about them, from appearance to personality and behaviour, stood in near complete opposition to one another.
Mallory, one of the pair, was a girl with hair as dark as the night and golden eyes that seemed to draw one in, carrying a calm presence and a beautiful, stoic face that rarely revealed any clear emotion.
She was curt and direct, always favouring logic and efficiency, and possessed a ruthless side that only grew stronger as she grew older and crossed the line from girl to womanhood.
Kirone, the other, had very long white hair, her delicately featured face almost always alive with bright expressions that starkly contrasted Mallory's stoicism.
