Renna PoV
"Where did this greed of yours come from, Annie? Always yearning to make more and more money off of anything and everything that you possibly could rationalize... It makes me wonder if you thought we were poor growing up? That we suffered somehow?"
Trying to find some logic behind the motivations of my sister and her pursuit of more money was definitely a lost cause already, but vocalizing it again and again was part of my duty as her sister; the last thing I wanted was to discover that she did something bad because of it, and while I would like to believe she was smarter than that money did have a way to corrupt everyone.
"You worry far too much, Renna! I just like having enough coin to support everything I want to do while I wait for orders to come in, that's all. Besides, having more now means I won't be shit out of luck whenever that fine, fine stud outside finally gets me heavy with child~!"
Her grin made me roll my eyes as she immediately brought us around to how much she wanted to have Aethisia's child, though I could at least see the logic in her greed now and was comforted in knowing that it was an understandable hunger for more money in order to secure stability.
Realistically she wouldn't need to do this since she'll likely end up moving most of her life over to the compound sometime soon - even if she herself doesn't know it just yet - but for now I was willing to entertain this greed of hers... just not to the extent that she was demanding of me.
"I am more than willing to honor the deal that Cici offered me, definitely not the one you are trying to swindle me with right now... 45 Gold and some fine wines aged up until you give birth, two bottles each. That's more than fair for things that I didn't ask for nor needed."
"You might not NEED them but you definitely WANT them, Renna~! Just think of all the talk people'll be doing when they come inside your store and see my top tier furniture everywhere~! It elevates your store's beauty factor and invites discussion about how much nicer it is compared to everywhere else!"
"Uh huh... See, the look I was going for was more subdued and invited discussion about how 'neutral' it is to everyone; how it doesn't look terribly fancy and rich but definitely not shabby. That was the goal... and your pieces push me up towards fancy."
Annie didn't know whether to be insulted by that or be proud, so instead she just scoffed and took a different approach as she said "Well my stuff lasts longer and requires less maintenance! It also is sturdier and won't get as scuffed or scratched by everyday use, meaning it looks the same for far, far longer!"
"I do appreciate that, and I won't dismiss how talented of a woodworker you are, but still... anything more than 45 Gold is an attempt to rob me of money. Nothing more than that, got it? Take it or leave it."
Sensing just how serious I was, Annie pursed her lips before finally, reluctantly sighing and nodding her head, accepting the deal and making me sigh as well since this was finally over after nearly fifteen minutes.
"Alright, now that that is done I had a few questions for you, dearest sister. I just had a chat with Astra about some of the things happening to me, and I came to the realization that I didn't really ever learn much about... us. About me, specifically."
Cocking a brow and leaning back in her chair, my sister held back her jokes and instead nodded slowly as she studied me for a few seconds, making me tilt my head as I wondered what she was thinking about.
"You're specifically talking about female Nymphs, right? Not just us Nymphs in general?"
When she got a nod back she took a deep breath and looked away for a moment, weighing something else before saying "Yeah, I was probably supposed to teach you about all this way back when, but you never seemed to care and you ended up losing yourself to work, so..."
Looking back at me and rubbing her chin, Annie nodded slowly again and continued on at a somewhat slow pace, thinking between her sentences and taking this in a way that felt much like a parent discussing adult things to a child.
"Inherently all Nymphs are sexual deviants to the eyes of most since our libidos are far higher than everyone else's. We need more more often, and if we don't get what we need we start to... fray a little at the edges. It can eat at us a little bit, and the longer we go without it the more it begins to impair our judgement.
You seemed to have replaced it with work for the longest time, and since you were shacked up with the Queen I was fine to leave you be since it seemed to be working just well, but now that you're with Astra... I guess it's like you built a dam inside of yourself for your urges, and Astra took a sledgehammer to it before blasting it to pieces with some magic too. All those urges are running free now, aren't they?"
It wasn't really an answer to my question but it was a start, and I imagine it wasn't anymore complicated than what she was trying to allude to, so I just nodded and gestured for her to continue while piecing more of it together myself.
"It's like having to resume fulfilling the work orders from the day prior without missing a beat. All of these things need to be completed now while new work orders continue to pile up; your needs have never been truly met before, so now that you're getting what you need your body is craving more and more."
"So what, I just went from who I was into some cock starved slut who requires constant creampies to function?"
"That's... blunt, and technically not entirely wrong but... You don't need it constantly, and like with everything else you can regulate it and pace yourself, but it's harder than anything else. You can function to a degree without it but you do need to start being aware of it, Renna. Honestly there isn't much anyone can do for you; this is all on you."
Patting my arm and giving me a genuine smile, Annie added "I know you can do it too. Try not to give in to every little desire all the time but don't stop everything all at once. Sex is necessary for us compared to being a wonderful want for everyone else. It keeps us sane and grounded, so enjoy yourself... but don't lose yourself. We need it but it can inebriate us too."
"I've... gathered that much."
Her smile turned wry as she nodded, only to become more joking as she leaned closer and said "If you were curious, I've gotten rather 'lost' before too~! Right before I met Cici I was being a bit~ too much of a menace at those Clubs I loved; almost got banned from a few of them for trying to start orgies on the dance floors~!"