Tala wasted no time in bending over to gather up additional pieces of firewood. She balanced the pile of wood against her chest, supported by her forearms. One hand stayed grasped around her quarterstaff, so the long wooden pole hung down towards the ground and she had to walk cautiously to avoid hitting herself with it. ”Of course.” She answered, following along after the blonde.
She stood rather awkwardly after entering the home, while she waited as the woman took the wood back. ”You’re welcome.” She said softly. The new language still felt strange on her tongue and in her ears. Her own language was meant to be spoken in lower, lilting tones that didn’t match the words of this one. Being able to speak a new language at all was an unsettling feeling, though not one she disliked. ”My name is Tala.” She answered, with a deep nod of her head that signified greeting in her homeland.
Tala eyed the chairs in the unevenly furnished room, and debated saying no and going on her way. She was awful at small talk, and taking a seat would guarantee there would be some. She quickly reminded herself that this was a time of new experiences, and let her pack slip off of her shoulders and placed it gently on the ground beside a chair in which she sat down, somewhat rigidly.
She shook her head in response to Delphine’s question. ”No, I’ve just arrived a few days ago. Oh, tea…Sure.” She answered, but tea was uncommon where she came from, since most herbaceous plants couldn’t survive the weather. Sometimes in the summer months where things were half thawed there was a plant or two some of the elders would steep, but it wasn’t common. ”Thank you.” She added. ”You said you’re not from here either? Did you… portal?” She hesitated before the word as she tried to figure out if the usage of it made sense. She was pretty sure that the portalling was common knowledge and not taboo to mention, but that was just from her one interaction with the man who had called her an “outlander”. She very much liked the term, actually.
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