by Rythern on May 21st, 2010, 5:20 am
"I'm a contortionist, the backbender sort," Fade said. By way of explanation, she added, "I bend backwards easier than forwards."
"Ah," said Rythern. He knew contortionists from his time spent in the circus, but had been previously unfamiliar with the more technical terms behind the practice. It was one more thing that showed how little he'd really known about the people in there, after all. He himself had once performed as something of an acrobat, and this was something that could've applied to what he had once trained for.
"What is a performer doing on his own? Or not quite on his own," she added with a wink as she stroked Aeyo.
It was a complicated question to which Rythern enjoyed giving an easy answer: "I offend fewer people that way."
Then he looked at her and grinned.
"Seriously though, I used to be in a circus. Like you," the young Vantha said, verbalizing the guess he had made soon after Fade had spoken of being a contortionist. "It was exciting to go from place to place, to travel everywhere and see everything. I still like to do it, which is why I am what I am for a living, but now that I'm alone I also get to choose my roads, and I like that."
The girl had moved and was now next to him, leaning against the alley wall. Aeyo followed her. Rythern noted that with interest - the normally stubborn mare did seem to like Fade quite a bit.
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