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"It's blue." She said simply as she watched Mayaa for a moment before glancing down to the other ghoul's pin again, thumb brushing over the swirl in the stylized wing again before she tucked it into her bag. She was going to have to stick the pin to her board of shiny things later on that evening.

"How long have you been here at Amityville, Mayaa? What's your clan like?"

"My clan..." She paused, leaning back against the arm of the sofa as she brought a hand up, fingers idly twirling a strand of hair as she tried to think of the best way to describe them. "Well, they're..." Another pause, brow furrowing slightly. "Strict, I guess. The elders are, at least. They don't know anything about fashion and they really don't know how to have fun. Sometimes I think they're just so set in their ways and..."

It was clear from the tone of her voice that she didn't particularly agree with 'them', whoever 'they' were. "We don't have as many bright colors; a bit of blue and green, but mostly black, brown, white and grey; sandy beaches and rocky cliffs. Aleka..." Aldara frowned, fingers dropping from her hair to fiddle with a bracelet that looked older than the others she wore; a bit more delicate with the leather worn in some places, but the beads shined just as bright.

"Aleka is my rookery sister. We hatched within days of one another and she was always so much better at everything than I was, but she looked out for me." It was hard to admit that she had been a bit of an awkward scareling, even without using those exact words. "Her feathers are this color." She tapped a scallop shell that she wore on a leather string around her neck. It was a soft cream color banded with a trace of light rust.

Considering Aleka had done pretty much the same thing the first time Aldara had shown her the collection of beads and bits and accessory creating things that she had gathered, she seemed to handle the invasion of personal space pretty well this time. She let Mayaa look for a bit before lowering the shell back to its resting place amongst the other necklaces she was wearing, laughing softly as she shook her head.

"No. I mean, I suppose we were inseparable, as I've heard people say of twins, but... She's a lot better at so many things than I am. She got to stay and train with our clan while I was sent here." Not that she minded being here at Amityville anymore. It was a lot different now that she was making friends and discovering who she really was beyond all of the teachings that she had gotten when younger.

"What about you, Mayaa? Do you have any brothers or sisters, rookery or otherwise?" She openly assumed that every harpy clan chose to raise their young together, as her own did, finding it hard to imagine that it wouldn't always be that way.

"I am very glad that I came here too." She nodded, flashing the other harpy an earnest smile. "I would not be who I am today without the creatures that I have met here. I have made a very good friend... And now I have another sister." Her smile broadened for a moment as she closed her eyes, listening to Mayaa speak of her own family.

"It is good that they were nice to you. And caring, yes? Flying can be a difficult thing to learn with poor teachers. Hunting... I am still better at fishing than I am with hunting, I think."