by Asara Willow on June 12th, 2011, 10:23 pm
Asara let loose a string of words in Symenos, giving an order to her horse, who turned his body obediently for her so she could access her bag from where she'd placed it. She had fresh fruit and dried meat in there, the usual fare for her. The meat, of course, was something new the Symenestra planned to try out. She usually hunted prey fresh, but she figured trying the dried stuff would save her time and energy she could devote to the exploration of this over populated city.
Asara would politely offer the couple food, she felt the need to, even though they were both os so human. She wouldn't openly reveal herself for that reason, but maybe pretending to be a foreign human would be best. Anyway... That girl's stomach was making the familiar growls of hunger.
"A ghost..? How very intriguing." Asara's language switched to Common abruptly when she spoke. The cloaked female glanced down at the well and at the money clasped in her gloved hand, feeling curiosity. Sure, she knew about spirits and ghosts, but humans paying tribute to one with an offering was something new... And disturbing. She didn't understand why it was that humans felt the need to honor 'spirits' when not an evolved member of their own species.
Her eyes flashed to the couple, lingering on their features and wondering why the male was so silent. Maybe he was listening in curiosity as well? She didn't know, and didn't really wish to find out. Her gold irises flicked to the woman and an invisible smile curled Asara's lips.
"Well, I must admit that I never knew of such an interesting custom among the humans and other assorted people in this grand city. I believed this to be a poorly guarded bank..." Asara fell silent for a few moments, then began to pull out the coins she'd taken to look at them. "I will feed you both if you are hungry... If you'll accept that, as I return these 'wishes' to this Kova. Would you explain this well for me? Or why it is so important?"
She had removed her back from Zafkil's broad back now and looked into it as she pondered her supply of food. She continued to return mizas to the well and its resident spirit.
You should have just kept it, Asara. The inner voice of Asara's consciousness hissed. Asara ignored it, moving aside the red scarf in her bag she had woken wearing. She didn't like knowing she'd offended anyone.
Let us die together, you and I.
When speaking SymenosWhen speaking Common