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 Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:18 am
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The female took a moment to take in the male before her. He held himself like royalty, or one of the leading males back home. She lowered her head and bent her knees in a sitting bow.
"Sir, my name is Adanna. I have been traveling for a long time. I left my family and my home in search of one that would truly accept me, my ideas, thoughts and my dreams. If you will permit me to live with your family, on your lands I will pull my own and more. I can be whatever you need. I am good with children, and I am a good fighter also." As she spoke she had come out of her bow and looked into the narrowed eyes. She thought she sounded convincing, but he didn't look too happy to see her.
"I am alone. And I am not being searched for. I will leave if you want, but something, I am not sure what, told me to stop here and wait. To be still and not hunt here. Maybe it was my intuition or maybe it was the divine intervention of a god, whatever it was, I will obey your command."
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:22 pm
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The Lord blinked. That was more than he was expecting. His tail twitched as he thought about what she said. He didn't like anyone crossing into his border lands. Anyone. But knowing that everyone else knew about the alert, he would have to explain something to the Lady. She would want to know who, and what. And he was still racked enough with guilt that he wouldn't lie to her. The Lady was convinced that they needed to keep everyone they could, as it would be the best way for the House to grow strong, sooner. He disagreed, but he didn't know what else to do. So for now, she would win.
"You ask a lot of someone you do not know," he replied coldly, raising his head slightly. She seemed...confident. He wasn't sure how to approach it, but it was obvious that she wouldn't be as difficult as Akasha was when they first butted heads.
Of course, if she left her old home for her old ideas, she could be a lot of trouble indeed.
"Why should I accept the pleas of a stranger? You have manners, but your tonuge is a little...loose for my taste." He exhaled through his nose with a huff. "Though you were smart enough to not hunt here; you would have been in more trouble than you are now." Not that there was much to catch in this part of their lands, but enough for a sad excuse of a meal.
He watched her carefully, more concerned with her body language than anything. It would alert him to anything that she might not be telling him. Even if she was quite frank with him abruptly.
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:52 pm
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She had given him a lot of information. Way more that he seemed to be expecting, how interesting. He had to be worried, or expecting someone. Why else would a leader meet a stranger? Where were the guards that usually patrolled? Or a leader's posse that followed him around?
She lowered her eyes and listened. So she was right not to hunt. If he wanted her to leave she would ask to what extent the lands were his. "I know I ask a lot. Perhaps you do not understand my reasons for leaving. My family lived in a very male dominated group. Females were to tend to the cubs, and provide food for her mate and children. The males did all the leading and guarding, and sometimes they hunted if they thought their mate couldn't provide. My father was an important member. He was in charge of their spies, and a leader of our part of the group.
"I was the only female born to his mate. I was better than my brother's at my father's work and I had more patience than them. As I grew older the elders and the males in charge figured out that I was being trained and kept me to the dens and small hunting area. None of the females were to listen to me and my 'ideas.' I assure you, sir, that my ideas are not horrible."
Adanna looked him straight in the eye and confessed, "They consist of females being leaders, having power and not having to only bear cubs and find food for a lazy male." She then lowered her eyes to not offend him or seem like she was challenging him.
"This stranger is willing to not become one. As I have said before, I can pull my own. I've wrestled with my brothers and even though the group didn't want a female to know ways of spying, war, and battle, my father still taught me because he saw past my gender and saw my potential."
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:39 am
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Zahi wanted to yawn, but he hid it well. Still, he looked a little oddly at the female. "Perhaps you have all these feministic views, but if you want to stay here you will still have a male above you." He twitched his tail, referring to himself. "Sure, we have equal opportunity, but there's always the chance of males above you."
He had to figure this one out. But if she knew something of being sneaky, perhaps she would work out well for their shinobi. Hmmm. He would think about it.
"While you might detest the idea of hunting, we have very few hunters here. You'll be asked to hunt for those that cannot, at least until we have hunters to depend on. You'll also be asked to keep an eye on the brats, since we've got more of them than we do adults. Little buggers are hard to keep track of." Ugh, brats. "Seems like you would fit best as a guard, though."
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:50 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:04 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:12 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:28 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:35 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:50 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:03 am
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