>>6069621“Well, it does sound like a good idea,” you mutter following Salicera and the others. “Do you think we may be able to learn some new better motions for Sanction practicing like this? I had wanted to get it better, sometimes I feel like I struggle with it.”
“You are one to talk,” Salicera rolls her eyes. “I feel like I need a reminder each time, I was truly never built for Sanctions.”
“Maybe with practice… and more visits to the Temple,” Rubida reaches out and playfully pinches Salicera’s cheek. “And you’d better remember all the hymns and procedures next time. The Temples of Flames are not just a heated pool, you dimwit!”
“Ow! You wound me,” she pouts. “You act as if I did not know that.”
“I know you act a bit too lazy, just because you are a genius it does not mean you have to behave like a toddler.” A scoff and she lets her go. “But that’s something to worry about in the future. For now, if you want to learn… learn. Just make sure to pay attention.”
You would much rather your new friends did not start a fight, even one as playful as this one, so you turn towards Soralisa to attract the brunette’s attention.
“Uh, before all that, wasn’t something you said about Elves? I’d rather to know more,” you try. Soralisa always feel comfortable explaining. This way perhaps you can keep them from ruining the mood.
“So, did Kishirra stop being an Elf or something? When she broke the cycle, or what you were talking about,” Salicera also asks, her interest piqued by your question.
“What? no, that’s preposterous,” Soralisa explains, her blackened hands tremble slightly and Rubida gently cups them with her own.
“Do not strain yourself now.”
“Sorry. But that’s an absurd question. Elves do not stop being Elves and Men do not stop being Men either — what you are born with is what you die with, such is the rule under Her sun,” she recites, her voice picking up a bit of strength.
You nod in clear agreement.
To suggest anything else would be put yourself under the path of power exchange, and you know the crimson-eyed and silver-tongued being laying in wait at the end of that path.
“Elves have been created by — by Kiengiri, long ago.” Soralisa’s voice turns into a whisper and you have to lend your hear to her as Rubida, always attentive, pushes you four into a side alley where you can try and enjoy a little more privacy. Luckily most people are ignoring you.
It may be the first time you hear Soralisa mention the people from before the Epochalypse, at least with such confidence.
“The study of their soul is not our province,” she adds. “But this is what I heard from the various traditions and lore: that they do not age, and they never truly die.”
[cont.]