[ There's little point in hiding it anymore, not when the fact that she can shapeshift was given up to the ship when she was paranoid and frightened. ]
A lot of people have met gods, where I'm from. They just usually don't know that's who they met.
[ Pardon her, Jaye, if her level of conversation has slipped into the bemused and amazed parrot phase because this is, truly, a little beyond her reach. The lift of Alayne's eyebrows just lifts higher and her mouth forms a very small 'oh' shape before she speaks. ]
You work for a god? [ It's almost visible, the way her brain seems to search for some kind of foothold or context to place this possibility in and the closest it manages it something akin to a Westerosi nun. ] Like a Silent Sister or perhaps a septa? Are you sworn to your god — in both fealty and love?
Yes. [ Her head tilts, one hand tucking some hair behind an ear as she tries to figure out what those are and... completely fails. ] I have no idea what either of those are, though. But I'm sworn to him -- I'll be his minder until I die, if he doesn't fire me first. [ Or until Coyote dies, which she didn't think of as a possibility in her lifetime until recently. ] And when that happens, my apprentice will take my place.
But I didn't really lie, when I said I work with animals. [ Normally she wouldn't care, but... well, this is Alayne. ]
[ She may be a medieval princess, but let's not forget she's still a fifteen year old girl. Amazed parrot phase is a go. ]
Does your god mind animals? [ A pause, then a realization, followed by a poorly-hidden enthusiasm. ] Do you serve the children of the forest? They served the Old Gods and gave the North the weirwoods. [ Alayne's nose crinkles in embarrassment; did she sound a fool for being so eager, for prattling off Old Nan's stories as if there was some hope they were true. ] And they say the skinchangers and greenseers were among them.
[ A sudden color rises to Alayne's cheeks and it's unclear as to why that is. Unclear to anyone but Alayne herself as she feels a sudden rush of something like giddiness and relief fill her, like a pressure pushing against the inside of her chest. She knows; Jaye knows, she thinks. Perhaps she will understand. ]
[ Her brow furrows before Alayne even asks the question. She's noticed that color in the girl's cheeks and she's not sure why, which means there's something she's missing. ]
Wargs? [ There's a thoughtful hum, fingers rapping on something in the background -- probably a wall. ] They're related to wolves, right?
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[ There's little point in hiding it anymore, not when the fact that she can shapeshift was given up to the ship when she was paranoid and frightened. ]
A lot of people have met gods, where I'm from. They just usually don't know that's who they met.
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You work for a god? [ It's almost visible, the way her brain seems to search for some kind of foothold or context to place this possibility in and the closest it manages it something akin to a Westerosi nun. ] Like a Silent Sister or perhaps a septa? Are you sworn to your god — in both fealty and love?
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Yes. [ Her head tilts, one hand tucking some hair behind an ear as she tries to figure out what those are and... completely fails. ] I have no idea what either of those are, though. But I'm sworn to him -- I'll be his minder until I die, if he doesn't fire me first. [ Or until Coyote dies, which she didn't think of as a possibility in her lifetime until recently. ] And when that happens, my apprentice will take my place.
But I didn't really lie, when I said I work with animals. [ Normally she wouldn't care, but... well, this is Alayne. ]
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Does your god mind animals? [ A pause, then a realization, followed by a poorly-hidden enthusiasm. ] Do you serve the children of the forest? They served the Old Gods and gave the North the weirwoods. [ Alayne's nose crinkles in embarrassment; did she sound a fool for being so eager, for prattling off Old Nan's stories as if there was some hope they were true. ] And they say the skinchangers and greenseers were among them.
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[ No, not foolish. Jaye likes to hear the stories, likes to know that there are some other gods somewhere that are being kept alive by them. ]
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Does that mean you know of wargs?
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Wargs? [ There's a thoughtful hum, fingers rapping on something in the background -- probably a wall. ] They're related to wolves, right?