[ Her face turns away from him then - how could he not know? Everyone felt it, and not just because of her endless preparations. It hummed full in the air, in the call of drums, in the desperation of prayers.
Unless he was a man fleeing the dawn, and as such as not been brushed with news of what was following him. ]
War. [ She intones without puncture or hesitation. ] War is what troubles me, for it comes without mercy or delay.
[ A sigh, she will never know, will she, until it is done. What is to become of her, what she must become again. Her sleepless days, her breaths wracked in her chest. Slaughter is what will come. ] If you are travelling, then perhaps you should further. This place used to be a meeting of many such wanderers, but you will find it nothing but stripped bare, these days.
[ It's an exclamation, of anger, not quite pain - the unpleasant surprise of a wasp stinging you. ]
Of course. Humans know nothing but war.
[ He had little experience with them, and the entirety had been unpleasant. They were so unpleasant. Imposing. Arrogant, believing that they were allowed to trespass. ]
[ Does she keep company with some kind of spirit then? Perhaps, she had heard the Afghani's speak of djinn, that would appear and disappear at random like phantoms of bad will. A nursemaid's stories to get a little girl into her bed on time, no doubt, but...
... in hours as long as these, whose to say what might wander forth? ]
I never wished for it - and yet it came to me. [ Never wanted anything but to protect her people, never cared for anything but their lives and now someone was coming to take them away. Not someone, but things, monstrous things, she knew they would not spare them, any of them. Their bellies would drag on the ground with how much they will eat - men, women, children. All will be consumed, and she - will fight till the breath gave out of her body. ]
Yet you are here. On the eve of war, if you have such a distaste for human acts of such a kind.
[ What strange things he says - such removal from this much misery bearing down. To the end, the chatter of war is like saying the sun will rise. It does not matter, it will be happen, and whether he is here or not, she would fight and bleed and fight again for as long as she drew breath. ]
[ And with three little words, Lakshmi makes him snap with an offended huff. ]
'What'! As though I were a thing - no more than a pebble on the ground! Have you absolutely no respect, human? Or shall I simply name you a Pebble instead?
[ Rather than get offended, she blinks, smiles. ] Have you not been doing just above that this whole time?
[ Human this, human that. Like she could ever have been born otherwise. Like it's her fault for being such. ] Or perhaps we shall both be pebbles then.
[ Though even they are not entirely useless - good for throwing at birds to take their pieces for tools and trinkets, or even to throw at humans who dare to enter the forest he lives in. ]
My name is Kaevyn. Be respectful enough not to forget it.
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Unless he was a man fleeing the dawn, and as such as not been brushed with news of what was following him. ]
War. [ She intones without puncture or hesitation. ] War is what troubles me, for it comes without mercy or delay.
[ A sigh, she will never know, will she, until it is done. What is to become of her, what she must become again. Her sleepless days, her breaths wracked in her chest. Slaughter is what will come. ] If you are travelling, then perhaps you should further. This place used to be a meeting of many such wanderers, but you will find it nothing but stripped bare, these days.
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[ It's an exclamation, of anger, not quite pain - the unpleasant surprise of a wasp stinging you. ]
Of course. Humans know nothing but war.
[ He had little experience with them, and the entirety had been unpleasant. They were so unpleasant. Imposing. Arrogant, believing that they were allowed to trespass. ]
I am not surprised. You will not find calm.
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... in hours as long as these, whose to say what might wander forth? ]
I never wished for it - and yet it came to me. [ Never wanted anything but to protect her people, never cared for anything but their lives and now someone was coming to take them away. Not someone, but things, monstrous things, she knew they would not spare them, any of them. Their bellies would drag on the ground with how much they will eat - men, women, children. All will be consumed, and she - will fight till the breath gave out of her body. ]
Yet you are here. On the eve of war, if you have such a distaste for human acts of such a kind.
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[ He would regard it the same way. The instigators only happen to make matters worse. ]
Wishes would have never been yours to have.
[ Just, so she knows. ]
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What are you?
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'What'! As though I were a thing - no more than a pebble on the ground! Have you absolutely no respect, human? Or shall I simply name you a Pebble instead?
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[ Human this, human that. Like she could ever have been born otherwise. Like it's her fault for being such. ] Or perhaps we shall both be pebbles then.
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[ Though even they are not entirely useless - good for throwing at birds to take their pieces for tools and trinkets, or even to throw at humans who dare to enter the forest he lives in. ]
My name is Kaevyn. Be respectful enough not to forget it.