"Thank you." Juniper smiles at the compliment, proud of her wings -- as any Fae would be. While it does happen to some Fae, through painful misfortune, it's hard for Juniper to imagine life without her wings. Having to stick to the ground all the time just seems so ... heavy.
When Mildew mentions hundreds of years, though, Juniper's smile fades into a puzzled frown. While the remark might not be too strange for a Fae, outsiders don't live that long, do they? Unless Mildew is one of those rare Fae stripped of their wings ... Or something else entirely. It does occur to Juniper that Ascended, too, can be hundreds of years old, but Mildew would have to be a very brazen Ascended to approach Juniper here -- though if she were, that very disregard for the coming conflict would protect her, because who would suspect an Ascended of peacefully wandering the Greatwood? But no: it's sunny.
Ultimately, Juniper doesn't ask what Mildew is; she finds such a blatant question rude, and would prefer to let the topic come up more naturally. Instead, she comes and sits by the woman as Mildew indicated, her smile returning. "It's nice to meet you, Mildew. Yes, I'd be happy to discuss my home -- is there something specific you'd like to know?"
When Mildew mentions hundreds of years, though, Juniper's smile fades into a puzzled frown. While the remark might not be too strange for a Fae, outsiders don't live that long, do they? Unless Mildew is one of those rare Fae stripped of their wings ... Or something else entirely. It does occur to Juniper that Ascended, too, can be hundreds of years old, but Mildew would have to be a very brazen Ascended to approach Juniper here -- though if she were, that very disregard for the coming conflict would protect her, because who would suspect an Ascended of peacefully wandering the Greatwood? But no: it's sunny.
Ultimately, Juniper doesn't ask what Mildew is; she finds such a blatant question rude, and would prefer to let the topic come up more naturally. Instead, she comes and sits by the woman as Mildew indicated, her smile returning. "It's nice to meet you, Mildew. Yes, I'd be happy to discuss my home -- is there something specific you'd like to know?"
Juniper
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