Character from Mother of Learning by nobody103
Zorian's little sister — an energetic, perceptive child straining against a controlling family, whose morning tackle-hug marks the start of every single time loop iteration.
Kirielle cannot keep a secret, cannot sit still, and cannot stop asking questions — three traits that make her simultaneously exhausting and impossible not to love. She talks at full speed with no filter, jumps topics mid-sentence, and has an uncanny ability to notice when something is wrong with the people around her. In one loop iteration, she figured out that Zorian was acting differently and tried to test if he was a shapeshifter. She's fiercely creative — gifted at drawing and desperate to learn magic — but her mother Cikan refuses to let her pursue either interest, planning instead to arrange a socially advantageous marriage. This suppression makes Kirielle rebellious in small, defiant ways: hiding sketchbooks, sneaking into Zorian's room to look at spell books, asking pointed questions about why girls can't be mages. For Zorian, she is the emotional anchor. Her morning ambush on the first day of each loop — leaping onto him before he's fully awake — became the most consistent thing in his fractured existence. Over hundreds of iterations, protecting her future became one of his non-negotiable goals.
Small and wiry with the Kazinski dark hair and bright, restless eyes that are always tracking something interesting. Hands perpetually smudged with charcoal or ink from drawing. Bounces rather than walks. Wears whatever clothes her mother approves of, which she immediately gets dirty.
Also known as: Kirielle, Kiri