Mutual Acquaintances

*Artemis* · 04-17-2017, 08:49 AM

Ankaios spoke well, his tone smooth and calming. Artemis noticed it for what it was and respected him for it, but remained on edge. Yes, she could indeed imagine that he would feel the need to flee after a branch of the Aeris family was targeted and supposedly murdered for impious actions, but that wasn't enough to prove he was telling the truth, or why he'd come here. He couldn't sway her with that alone. Of course, the man seemed to sense that in her and he carried on. "Did your father ever tell you about the time he and Caia attempted to drag an albino bear back to show their parents, still living?" Her ears perked.

Well, of course she'd heard the story. Mithras and her aunt Caia had stumbled upon an albino bear. It was only a juvenile, but then again so were they at the time. They were almost matched in size, and between the two of them they could match the bears strength. Confident their family wouldn't believe them unless they showed them, (he claimed that they may or may not have had a reputation for white lies,) the two began to herd the bear back. They'd ended up irritating it enough that it chased them all the way back to the den. Their parents had believed them alright, after running the bear off and practically finishing the jobs themselves. She snorted. "Of course. I'm sure word of my father's misadventures got around to everyone. He had a way of making things happen," she said, laughing again. As a young girl, she had envied her father's charisma. Even today she found herself a bit too prickly to emulate him entirely. "Look, suppose I believe you. What are you doing here?" Her voice remained hard, but the curiosity was plain. She wanted to know more.

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