Trinket met the woman's eyes, unmoving, unblinking. It was the first time the woman had drawn her attention away from the bird to pay attention to the girl. Curious. Where all else had failed to prompt a reaction from the caretaker, mention of Ludo had.
Trinket tilted her head to the side, pondering this. Uncertain of the answer, she simply filed the information away for later use.
"Yes," she replied, her tone flat and emotionless. "Ludo created me, and set me out into the world. I can go wherever I want. I came here to see the forest. But you are more interesting."
She considered the woman for a long, silent moment. Questions tumbled around in the young girl's head. She discarded most of them as uninteresting. But one stood out.
"Have you met Ludo?" Trinket asked, the slightest touch of curiosity marking her otherwise emotionless black eyes. She awaited the answer with a perfectly still, porcelain-like face, almost as if it were a doll sitting there in front of the caretaker, rather than a demigoddess.
Trinket tilted her head to the side, pondering this. Uncertain of the answer, she simply filed the information away for later use.
"Yes," she replied, her tone flat and emotionless. "Ludo created me, and set me out into the world. I can go wherever I want. I came here to see the forest. But you are more interesting."
She considered the woman for a long, silent moment. Questions tumbled around in the young girl's head. She discarded most of them as uninteresting. But one stood out.
"Have you met Ludo?" Trinket asked, the slightest touch of curiosity marking her otherwise emotionless black eyes. She awaited the answer with a perfectly still, porcelain-like face, almost as if it were a doll sitting there in front of the caretaker, rather than a demigoddess.
