05-07-2019, 11:04 PM
The Other spoke again, still not giving a name - maybe she didn't have one? Oh, dear, how rude would she look, asking someone for a name when they didn't have one, or go by one. She wouldn't ask again, to fulfill that tiny possibility. They were strangers to her, she didn't want to be like that, to be so ignorant. She was practically unnamed herself, so to treat someone else like that would be so rude. Unless she did have a name, and she just forgot to give it, and then not calling her by name could be rude... The constant barreling train of anxious thoughts could only be stopped by a distraction, something that blew the wind out of its sails real quick - or removed its tracks, per the metaphor. She was being welcomed in? Just like that? "I... I can? Oh, wow, thank you, that's great, I'm..." There was no biting her tongue this time,
just looking at the Other's eyes with her own sky blue ones and giving her a very thankful look. "I appreciate it a lot."
She was too overcome with emotion to start shaking at the thought of an oath. Who was she to be able to keep an oath? Well, she was Fae, apparently. Yes, the name did sound nice, now that she used it as her own. Even this next Other that approached agreed, apparently, looking at her curiously after having heard that. "Yes, that's my name. Fae, nice to meet you." Wait, she - Lilja, apparently - had already heard that. Oops. "I mean you already knew that, I was just - um, excuse me. Anyways, I'm... glad to hear that. I guess I have something to look forward to, then." God, soon she'd be ripping her tongue out so she didn't mess anything else up. The oath being empowering did sound nice. Maybe she wouldn't break it. She didn't have experience breaking oaths, or promises, or hurting people, but lying did come naturally to her, and she had always been told lying only led to worse things,
and if she messed up here, well, she didn't know what she'd do, where she'd run to...
Well, better avoid thinking about that, and focus on not messing up instead. That's probably for the best. "Thank you, again - I'm sure I'll like it here. The name sounds lovely, and you're all nice, so..." Trailing off without a good conclusion wasn't a good look, she thought, but she didn't have a conclusion to give. She just needed to find a bed and cry in it.
just looking at the Other's eyes with her own sky blue ones and giving her a very thankful look. "I appreciate it a lot."
She was too overcome with emotion to start shaking at the thought of an oath. Who was she to be able to keep an oath? Well, she was Fae, apparently. Yes, the name did sound nice, now that she used it as her own. Even this next Other that approached agreed, apparently, looking at her curiously after having heard that. "Yes, that's my name. Fae, nice to meet you." Wait, she - Lilja, apparently - had already heard that. Oops. "I mean you already knew that, I was just - um, excuse me. Anyways, I'm... glad to hear that. I guess I have something to look forward to, then." God, soon she'd be ripping her tongue out so she didn't mess anything else up. The oath being empowering did sound nice. Maybe she wouldn't break it. She didn't have experience breaking oaths, or promises, or hurting people, but lying did come naturally to her, and she had always been told lying only led to worse things,
and if she messed up here, well, she didn't know what she'd do, where she'd run to...
Well, better avoid thinking about that, and focus on not messing up instead. That's probably for the best. "Thank you, again - I'm sure I'll like it here. The name sounds lovely, and you're all nice, so..." Trailing off without a good conclusion wasn't a good look, she thought, but she didn't have a conclusion to give. She just needed to find a bed and cry in it.
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