[ Reynir's excitement mirrors her own, when Marie names countries he's actually heard of. His education had, after all, been very provincial, and a lot of knowledge had been lost since the end of the old world. But Reynir had grown up with some picture books with fantastical stories set in various countries in the region that used to be called Europe. ]
Yes, I've heard of Austria, and France, and Europe, uh, a little!
[ He is an honest person by nature, but he also has some social skills, thanks very much. And he knows better than to drop a revelation like 'everybody from your country died or was transformed into wretched, tormented monsters by a horrible plague'. That was a one-way ticket to an extremely depressing boat ride, and so he just... decides not to mention it.
Which is easy enough to do when what she said exactly finally sinks in. ]
Wait, did you - you said queen?!
[ He stares at her, eyes going round with surprise. They haven't got royalty, in his time, but he knows about it from legends and myths about the gods. He'd never thought in his life that he would meet someone who was royalty. He'd never even thought he would meet anyone slightly important. He's just a boy from a sheep farm! A literal, actual peasant! ]
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Yes, I've heard of Austria, and France, and Europe, uh, a little!
[ He is an honest person by nature, but he also has some social skills, thanks very much. And he knows better than to drop a revelation like 'everybody from your country died or was transformed into wretched, tormented monsters by a horrible plague'. That was a one-way ticket to an extremely depressing boat ride, and so he just... decides not to mention it.
Which is easy enough to do when what she said exactly finally sinks in. ]
Wait, did you - you said queen?!
[ He stares at her, eyes going round with surprise. They haven't got royalty, in his time, but he knows about it from legends and myths about the gods. He'd never thought in his life that he would meet someone who was royalty. He'd never even thought he would meet anyone slightly important. He's just a boy from a sheep farm! A literal, actual peasant! ]
Queen... as in, queen?