"Will the sleeping lady be ok?" Lind smiled down at Lua. She had only known her name and been so happy to be alive when she woke up that she cried for 3 days straight. He had helped her play games like she used to at an orphanage with others.
It seemed until the age of 4 or 5, the small children without parents would be raised normally until they were tested for potential to cultivate. If they had minor talent, they would be returned and nurtured enough to help run merchants or other businesses including the orphanage itself.
Those with better talent would be taken by various powers after other testing or application if the orphan wanted to go somewhere. Those deemed worthless were sent back and then the orphanage simply left them in the street.
Lua had not understood what was going on really when all the formerly kind adults acted like she was a disease. No one helped her, not even the once close friends she had.
