22.Jun.18, 02:47 AM
She hadn't met the womenfolk either.
Something about her tone had Onari on edge. It wasn't purposeful, but it felt familiar. Too familiar. It wasn't as if it were possible, but like always attracted like. Wasn't that natural? To be drawn to people who were most like you, even if they didn't know it? That magnetism, that cosmic sort of serendipity, it shimmered through her muscles like a chill. She flexed her fingers against it, glancing away briefly. She felt her cheeks heat.
It was better to keep the topic diverted.
Eyes still toward the other end of the cart, she spoke again. "I've never seen a dragon. Much less a dragonrider," she admitted. "I haven't seen a lot of things, really. We really lived in a place that was like nowhere. Places where you know every single person in your village. I don't know what it's like to be somewhere big."
Something about her tone had Onari on edge. It wasn't purposeful, but it felt familiar. Too familiar. It wasn't as if it were possible, but like always attracted like. Wasn't that natural? To be drawn to people who were most like you, even if they didn't know it? That magnetism, that cosmic sort of serendipity, it shimmered through her muscles like a chill. She flexed her fingers against it, glancing away briefly. She felt her cheeks heat.
It was better to keep the topic diverted.
Eyes still toward the other end of the cart, she spoke again. "I've never seen a dragon. Much less a dragonrider," she admitted. "I haven't seen a lot of things, really. We really lived in a place that was like nowhere. Places where you know every single person in your village. I don't know what it's like to be somewhere big."