[closed] she only ever walks to count her steps

[ebeje]

Who: Max (ebeje), Anora (solitaryrose), Prior Walter (priorly), more to come
What: A catch-all post as I roll back from hiatus. PM me if you'd like something!
When: Late October / early November
Where: Various locations
Warning(s): None so far, will edit if needed.

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anora

[ebeje]

[ It's at breakfast that she finds Anora, a small plate of bread and a cup of tea in hand. This second relocation seems somehow easier than the first; at least she hadn't come to expect anything more stable. That their household has at least managed to stick together and not fall ill are things she appreciates, even if she doesn't count on either to last.

Her cup clinks against the table top as Max comes to settle across from the other woman, which is in itself unusual — they don't not get along, exactly, but Max has been a touch standoffish about Anora in the past, and they both keep busy enough it isn't difficult to glance off each other's orbits most of the time. Today is different, though. Today she has a plan. ]

Anora, [ she greets with a polite smile. Good morning. ] I meant to ask — would you say that there are quite a few of your countrymen amongst us here in Wyver?

[solitaryrose]

[Anora looks up at Max, then looks back to her book.]

Only a few. Not quite a few. Why?

[ebeje]

I wondered if they were settling into Wyver well.

[ Out of the kindness of her heart, probably. ]

Or if perhaps they, or even you, found Olympia's grand streets and cooler weather to be a better fit.

[solitaryrose]

I did like the weather. [It slips out of her mouth unguarded, quite unlike anything she has said to Max before. Where she comes from, it's the south that's cold, and Gwaren, where she grew up, is as far south as civilization goes. Even so...

She puts down the book, thoughtful.]

Olympia is grand, but I like this better. Other than the weather, it's a little more like my home.

[ebeje]

[ Max's brows knit a touch; this isn't where she would have pictured the other woman, but then, truly she doesn't know very much about her. ]

How is that?