Always lurking in the background, it seems..

I've been around for awhile.

I'm a walk-in. I came here in the fall of 2005. My family says that I came here in mid-October, falling down with the annual meteor shower. They did not register it then, but that would have been the Draconids. Fitting.

There are two other "permanent residents" in here with me. Twin brothers. I think there was a piece of me that has been here this entire time, though. A piece they kept secret and safe, nurturing it until I came back to claim it. Needless to say, I've integrated here, and am as solidly linked with the body as if I had been born here.

We used to attend gatherings and meetups "back in the day". Then we left the community for awhile. Our beliefs, philosophies and understandings about ourselves did not change, and never did. But we ended up with more than our fair share of burnout, and probably trauma as well. So, we've receded for a time.

Now we are back. Or, at least, I am.

Though there could be arguments as to whether we ever truly left. We still know many people who are themselves otherkin or "alterhuman" in some way. Some of these people are our best friends going back decades.

One, we even married.

That said, I personally am not great at making friends. I've always been the more introverted of an already very introverted trio within one body.

I'll try my best, though.