Ah, Mageglass. She nods once as he speaks, confirming that the rumors are true. “It’s real. If you can survive the Fangs long enough to find it and then survive long enough to get it back, that is. It’s hard to find and harder still to make the journey, but potentially worth it.” She hadn’t tried to collect any in her own life, having never been close enough to anyone capable of getting in and out of that journey alive. She was skilled, but not skilled enough to be the sort anyone would seek on such a journey. It was this, along with many other things, that drove her now to be more interested in finally learning her magic. Maybe she’d avoided it for so long simply because it hurts, because it reminded her that her mother and brother hadn’t survived to teach her, but she could live with the hurt if it made her stronger.
He asks about food and she grins, grabbing her pack from her shoulder, a worn and well-loved light brown leather bag that’s clearly seen better days. Sticking it in her lap, she spends a minute digging through it before pulling out a small bag full of dried beef. “Halo isn’t really known for its food, but you’ll find some old, and I suppose new, family recipes and the like around. Me? Well I make some pretty great dried beef, if I do say so myself, and I just bring it with me.” She actually does make some great dried beef, a combination of simple patience and understanding the concept of spices and flavors. She’d grabbed all sorts of new herbs to try while she’s been in the Grounds, even. She opens the bag, offering him a piece. “You don’t even have to go to Halo for it.’
She doesn’t miss how he says he doesn’t eat much, and she waits for a moment before finally just asking. “Are you Ascended? You don’t have to answer but then I’ll just keep on assuming.” The way she asks it is without any judgment, but simply curiosity. She doesn’t personally know any Ascended in Halo, not to say they weren’t there but rather that she’s just never gotten to ask annoying questions of anyone about it. Not that she’s likely to pummel him with questions, but like...can he actually enjoy things like dried beef? Curiosity killed the cat, and all that.
He speaks more of the portals, and it’s starting to make sense if he is, in fact, Ascended. “You know, seeing something other than snow and ice already blows my mind. I’m not sure I can imagine what else might be out there.” Then again, to learn and find out is a tantalizing thing, and if the portals are going to be open at all they might as well keep going and hope they don’t open one to eternal fire. At least not before she’s mastered that particular magic.
He asks about food and she grins, grabbing her pack from her shoulder, a worn and well-loved light brown leather bag that’s clearly seen better days. Sticking it in her lap, she spends a minute digging through it before pulling out a small bag full of dried beef. “Halo isn’t really known for its food, but you’ll find some old, and I suppose new, family recipes and the like around. Me? Well I make some pretty great dried beef, if I do say so myself, and I just bring it with me.” She actually does make some great dried beef, a combination of simple patience and understanding the concept of spices and flavors. She’d grabbed all sorts of new herbs to try while she’s been in the Grounds, even. She opens the bag, offering him a piece. “You don’t even have to go to Halo for it.’
She doesn’t miss how he says he doesn’t eat much, and she waits for a moment before finally just asking. “Are you Ascended? You don’t have to answer but then I’ll just keep on assuming.” The way she asks it is without any judgment, but simply curiosity. She doesn’t personally know any Ascended in Halo, not to say they weren’t there but rather that she’s just never gotten to ask annoying questions of anyone about it. Not that she’s likely to pummel him with questions, but like...can he actually enjoy things like dried beef? Curiosity killed the cat, and all that.
He speaks more of the portals, and it’s starting to make sense if he is, in fact, Ascended. “You know, seeing something other than snow and ice already blows my mind. I’m not sure I can imagine what else might be out there.” Then again, to learn and find out is a tantalizing thing, and if the portals are going to be open at all they might as well keep going and hope they don’t open one to eternal fire. At least not before she’s mastered that particular magic.
weaver
-- ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies --
Quote by Charles Dickens
