Dog and Panthers, oh my (kymera)

Unlike Davyn's day, Kymera's seem to be going rather well. She had been taking time away from the X-mansion to have time to herself, much preferring it really since she really hadn't made much of connection to the team of this time compared to her own. This could be especially said of Storm in this time, her alternate reality mother who was actually alive. But she was somewhat afraid to try and make that connection without it resulting in a soured relationship just as it had been back in her time. So a trip to Central Park helped to take her mind off things and of course she wasn't alone as a rather unusually large panther trotted after her and causing many to stare or try and avoid the duo.

A stroll through Central Park usually brought back the days when things hadn't been so tense, but this place was much different from her own. "I wonder if we'll ever find our way back home Gatura." She sighed softly, rubbing his head and causing the panther to purr loudly as they walked through the grassy open area of the park. The grass crunched softly beneath their feet at as they headed towards the nearest concrete path, the two having no particular destination in mind as they soon came to the path. On a nice day like this it didn't surprise the young woman that there were so many around, both for a moment watching some large groups go by that quickly hurried their pace the moment they noticed the rather large panther at her side. This didn't seem to bother Kymera though, having gotten this reaction many times before since she had gotten there.

Though her attention was soon drawn the the loud frustrated words of Davyn, her feral looking eyes turning towards his direction and seeing he certainly seemed frustrated and tense. Upon seeing the books however she could understand why now, having had some college courses before and knew how incredibly frustrating they could be. Maybe some company might help ease his mind? "Excuse me, seems like your not having the best of days. I'm assuming college courses, yes?"Kymera spoke up as her and Gatura approached him.

"Trust me I know where you're coming from, college can be pretty frustrating. Really more difficult where I come from, your lucky to get even some sleep in between it." Kymera told him, understanding part of the frustrations and maybe his other issues of missing the classes. Unknowingly to her, he was part of SHIELD while Davyn might not even realize she was part of the X-men, or even a time traveler. Of course how often would people know such people existed, or even other realities parallel to this very one.

But upon seeing his expression it took her a lot not to laugh, but her lips curling into a slightly amused smile. This was much the same reaction many others had given them and she was surprised he wasn't jumping up running away the moment he saw the panther beside her. Who wouldn't when they saw a seemingly menacing creature staring at them. Strangely though, the panther seemed to have a rather intelligent gaze, it's green eyes focused and studying the man before them as it flicked it's tail, showing a relaxed demeanor in it's body despite smelling something rather different about this human before him.

"My name is Kymera, some people call me Kymera Munroe since I prefer not to give my real name except to a very few people." Kymera introduced before scratching the panther affectionately behind the ear. "And this is my panther companion Gatura. He's rather harmless unless I allow him to go full out or unless someone openly is hostile." She explained as the strange thing about this panther is that it seemed to have green glowing stripes on it's body.

"Well it is New York, everything seems to be attracted to here. It amazes me anyone would be able to get a decent amount of sleep in this city." Kymera stated, referring to all the issues that occurred between heroes and villains. Usually those fights ended up causing all sorts of damage and left the city rebuilding on more then one occasion, it probably was no easy thing that peace prevailed for now. But for how long? There was always that fragile moment when everything would come crashing down of petty crimes to full blown of the first person attempting world domination once again.

Gatura though gave a low growl of greeting, causing the young woman to smile. "He says hi too." She said but chuckling slightly as it seemed Davyn didn't fail to notice he was rather different. "No, he's rather far from being normal. He was a gift from my parents when I was getting older, and me and him become closer when my mutant abilities came in. The markings help in making our bond all the more stronger, or that is my connection to him." Kymera told Davyn as she seemed quite proud of her abilities. "I have empathic abilities towards animals, allowing me to sense how they feel and have influence on them."

As a demonstration Kymera briefly turned her blue eyes towards a group of birds, some of which had been picking at the ground. But with those brief moments that a few actually met her gaze her eyes glowed the same green as Gatura's stripes, the birds seeming to be in a trance almost before they came flying over while Kymera held up an arm and the birds landing right on it as if of their own free will.

When seeing Davyn shrink back she smiled in assurance that he was safe, knowing Gatura had no reason to attack the man wihtout real intent. Besides far as Kymera knew he had not shown any evil intent of any kind so she never gaze the word nor saw any reason to harm Davyn. "Well so far it's been relatively peaceful compared to most other times. But I hear rumors that the peace won't be lasting for too long sadly." She said, wishing such times would last but she was happy at least this place was not another dystopian world.

"Sorry to hear that Davyn, but where I'm from it's hard not to avoid the wilderness." Kymera said with sympathy, knowing not everyone who might actually like the outdoors got that chance. She just happen to be raised in a place where animals were bound to be everywhere and she had often been surrounded by panthers most of all. "But my Animal empathy is unique to me as my power, the rest I inherited from my parents." She admitted, knowing it was useful sometimes and even allowed her to coordinate better with her only current real family and that was Gatura.

Though she really had no idea that Davyn had abilities of his own, one that could be quite deadly.

"Peace is a fragile, fickle thing the world tries to cling to. It makes me wonder why people bother trying when it never lasts, it's never a forever utopia." Kymera said, her voice being rather distant as if she understood what he meant, in more then one way. She had been born to a world that had known peace only in short spans before all hell broke loose and she often had to quickly face that fact with a quickness.

"Oh I see." Kymera nodded in understanding, letting the birds go from her control as they flew off in almost almost startled state of where they were. This likely had to be a combination of the humans and giant cat they saw before them that caused them to take off in a panic. "Yes, I guess it's true. Though doesn't mean you have to exactly be happy about that, nor really be...close to them." She said to him as she leaned against Gatura who seemed unfazed by the new weight or even really notice as it only purred towards his partner, mostly in affection.

But when he mentioned the Demon Dog, Kymera couldn't recall ever seeing anything about it in the news. Though, she never usually kept up with the news nor the newspaper, only going off what she heard or the emergences that often happened around the place, which was quite often. And it certainly sounded like Davyn knew it well...almost too well which made her wonder if he had encountered it. "I shall try to. But being a crime fighter is part of the job unfortunately." She told him, almost shrugging and showing no fear at the mention of it. She had to deal with a lot of peeved off people, and if seeing ticked, crazy Hank "Beast" McCoy was bad she doubted the Demon Dog would be much of a challenge. At least in her mind.

"That is the reason we always have war and conflict, because no one is willing to compromise with one view from another's stand point." Kymera agreed as she truly thought if people could learn to compromise more they wouldn't have half the problems in the world they would today. But that was always a wistful thought for anyone as compromise wasn't always the greatest thing in the world unfortunately. Thus she never understood her team's achievements towards peace when it might never exist, not in this world.

Though she listened to what Davyn said and frowned slightly when hearing this, "Guess it was kind of the reverse for me. Me and my mother for some reason never got along, we only respected each other. But she too was murdered, and I never figured out who it was specifically. But I was always closer to my father then anything." She told him, wondering what exactly could have caused such bitterness. It was clear in his tone of voice and body language, making her wonder if there really was more to this story then Davyn was willing to say.

"I shall try. But usually me and Gatura prefer to fight by ourselves. It's...just something that seems fair while we're here." Of course, "here" could refer to anything. Maybe for Davyn it might seem like she was talking about living in New York while she was really referring to being in this reality.

"Not everyone gets along with one parent or both Davyn, there's only the chance you can at least have some respect. If not that, then it's best to cut ties and not even bother." Kymera said, greatly wondering now what had caused things to be so bad for Davyn and his father they seem to no longer be on good terms, even for a little bit. In fact, it seemed there was nothing but hatred there from what she was seeing and it was hard to not want to inquire more towards the man in knowing exactly what was going on.

Though Kymera knew better. Prying was something she didn't always do and she had for a while tried to prevent her fellow X-men from prying into her own private life when she didn't want them to know anything. So she could understand the need for privacy as a whole. "Like I said, we shall try but knowing our luck it's never that easy." Kymera said with a slight shrug, but curiosity showed. "Though forgive me if I seem to be nosy, you seem to know a lot about that Demon Dog, probably more so then your really trying to let on. Have you had more then one encounter with this mongrel?" Kymera inquired, not knowing what other word to call it other then that. If this beast was so fearsome it seemed a proper word for it.