[Vex prepares a like snack for them from the things in her cupboards while Yor talks, slotting more information about the other woman away.
It's not that she's dismissive of what she's saying. It's that it's just a different type of life than the one she grew up in. It's no better, nor no worse than the one she, Grog, Scanlan, Percy or any of her friends lived through to get to where they are.
As she sets a plate of fruit, cheese and bread on the counter between them, she gives the other woman a half-smile before she sighs deeply.]
No, I don't know what your life has been like, but I doubt you know what it's like to have lived my life either. Do you know what it's like to see a creature that is the size of some castles slap your twin brother so many times his body stops moving and you're too far away to help him? Do you know what it's like to see a woman responsible for the murder of your lover's entire family steal the last breaths from that man right in front of you? Have you seen what Ancient Dragons can do to the cities of your country? One covered in ice so thick that it freezes the breath in your lungs? Or a city that had taken you in when you had no where else to go but is now covered in magma and lava pits, radiating a heat that burns the tips of your hair, your skin, your clothes?
But I do know what it's like to want to make sure that someone you love who is completely innocent of life's ugliness remains that way. I am twenty-seven, but I have a seven year old half-sister that I would burn the world down around me to make sure she never sees what I have, both in the peoples of our world and the world itself. I would do the same for the rest of my family, but Velora hasn't suffered the same way I have and I never want that for her.
So, I understand you better than you give me credit for. I am much more than the charismatic, pretty archer with a bear that most here think I am. I am responsible for an entire city, an entire country, in my own way. I take those responsibilities very seriously.
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Date: 2022-08-01 06:21 am (UTC)It's not that she's dismissive of what she's saying. It's that it's just a different type of life than the one she grew up in. It's no better, nor no worse than the one she, Grog, Scanlan, Percy or any of her friends lived through to get to where they are.
As she sets a plate of fruit, cheese and bread on the counter between them, she gives the other woman a half-smile before she sighs deeply.]
No, I don't know what your life has been like, but I doubt you know what it's like to have lived my life either. Do you know what it's like to see a creature that is the size of some castles slap your twin brother so many times his body stops moving and you're too far away to help him? Do you know what it's like to see a woman responsible for the murder of your lover's entire family steal the last breaths from that man right in front of you? Have you seen what Ancient Dragons can do to the cities of your country? One covered in ice so thick that it freezes the breath in your lungs? Or a city that had taken you in when you had no where else to go but is now covered in magma and lava pits, radiating a heat that burns the tips of your hair, your skin, your clothes?
But I do know what it's like to want to make sure that someone you love who is completely innocent of life's ugliness remains that way. I am twenty-seven, but I have a seven year old half-sister that I would burn the world down around me to make sure she never sees what I have, both in the peoples of our world and the world itself. I would do the same for the rest of my family, but Velora hasn't suffered the same way I have and I never want that for her.
So, I understand you better than you give me credit for. I am much more than the charismatic, pretty archer with a bear that most here think I am. I am responsible for an entire city, an entire country, in my own way. I take those responsibilities very seriously.