Alys Glasse
Fortunately, the moment was less awkward than Alys had expected.
That's not to say that it was entirely lacking in discomfort. Alys shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other, clenching her hands in her skirts as she was caught staring. To her surprise and relief, however, the stranger uttered only a simple hello, though her body language implied a certain level of wariness. Alys was not a threat, but the stranger couldn't possibly know that; it almost felt good, to have someone worry whether she was a force to be reckoned with.
Perhaps, one day, she would even have the skill to back that up.
In the meantime, however, the stranger had given Alys little cause for alarm, and so she offered her own gruff greeting. "Hello." She glanced between the woman, the dragon, and the gourd, her gaze lingering just slightly on the latter. "What is that?" she asked in a tone of vague curiosity. There was no malice to the question. It was just such a strange creature that she couldn't help but ask.
That's not to say that it was entirely lacking in discomfort. Alys shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other, clenching her hands in her skirts as she was caught staring. To her surprise and relief, however, the stranger uttered only a simple hello, though her body language implied a certain level of wariness. Alys was not a threat, but the stranger couldn't possibly know that; it almost felt good, to have someone worry whether she was a force to be reckoned with.
Perhaps, one day, she would even have the skill to back that up.
In the meantime, however, the stranger had given Alys little cause for alarm, and so she offered her own gruff greeting. "Hello." She glanced between the woman, the dragon, and the gourd, her gaze lingering just slightly on the latter. "What is that?" she asked in a tone of vague curiosity. There was no malice to the question. It was just such a strange creature that she couldn't help but ask.
