"Well...," Chariot hums, and somehow, despite how somber the mood had been and still was, she managed a small smile, a mirthful little hum in her voice.
"The first thing I did when I arrived here, within the Dream, was fall right on my face in front of Ozymandias. I feel like that sort of set the tone for my life here."
She went on to detail other things, of course. Her first Lethe celebration and getting drunk on spiced wine that made her way more amorous than she would be normally, the two women she met at that festival (a turnskin named Fang and a chimera named Kaede) that would go on to become her Bonded. She spoke fondly of the mentor-like relationship she had with a tragic, teenage girl named Monika that grew into more, how she eventually adopted the girl as her daughter. She told Croix about the city of Dorchact, its deposed ruler Morgana, and how she'd started a school for the refugee monster children that had been released from chattel slavery as a result of Morgana's downfall.
She told her of the spike in xenophobic sentiment among Aefenglom's ruling class that eventually lead to one family staging a widespread kidnapping and... torture. Of several Mirrorbound. Herself and Fang, included. That was where the injury had come from, the thing that necessitated her using the cane. She was notable sparse on the details, reluctant to discuss them too deeply, and even threatened tears at points. The trauma was still very real to her, but she tried to fight past it, to at least let Croix know she had come to the disability she now had.
She told her of her research into the cosmos of the world, the mythology behind it, how it fueled her search for answers as to why the Mirrorbound were there, how they factored into the greater cosmic plan for the world around them. How frustrated she was at a lack of meaningful answers.
She told her about Akko, how they bonded in the absence of Diana, who had been there previously. She told her about Monika's girlfriend Natsuru, how precious the two were. She told her about Ozymandias' "purramid" cafe, with the little divine beast kittens inhabiting it, how she'd learned the summoning spell herself just from watching him.
She told her that most of Aefenglom still knew her as Ursula Callistis. That her anxieties drove her to that identity as a comfort blanket in the presence of a strange world.
She told her of joy, of grief. A family she had formed here of her own.
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"The first thing I did when I arrived here, within the Dream, was fall right on my face in front of Ozymandias. I feel like that sort of set the tone for my life here."
She went on to detail other things, of course. Her first Lethe celebration and getting drunk on spiced wine that made her way more amorous than she would be normally, the two women she met at that festival (a turnskin named Fang and a chimera named Kaede) that would go on to become her Bonded. She spoke fondly of the mentor-like relationship she had with a tragic, teenage girl named Monika that grew into more, how she eventually adopted the girl as her daughter. She told Croix about the city of Dorchact, its deposed ruler Morgana, and how she'd started a school for the refugee monster children that had been released from chattel slavery as a result of Morgana's downfall.
She told her of the spike in xenophobic sentiment among Aefenglom's ruling class that eventually lead to one family staging a widespread kidnapping and... torture. Of several Mirrorbound. Herself and Fang, included. That was where the injury had come from, the thing that necessitated her using the cane. She was notable sparse on the details, reluctant to discuss them too deeply, and even threatened tears at points. The trauma was still very real to her, but she tried to fight past it, to at least let Croix know she had come to the disability she now had.
She told her of her research into the cosmos of the world, the mythology behind it, how it fueled her search for answers as to why the Mirrorbound were there, how they factored into the greater cosmic plan for the world around them. How frustrated she was at a lack of meaningful answers.
She told her about Akko, how they bonded in the absence of Diana, who had been there previously. She told her about Monika's girlfriend Natsuru, how precious the two were. She told her about Ozymandias' "purramid" cafe, with the little divine beast kittens inhabiting it, how she'd learned the summoning spell herself just from watching him.
She told her that most of Aefenglom still knew her as Ursula Callistis. That her anxieties drove her to that identity as a comfort blanket in the presence of a strange world.
She told her of joy, of grief. A family she had formed here of her own.
She neglected to mention her love life. Oops.