Sentinels of the Past [Rhaegara]

She felt at ease, a strange rarity when around strangers. She supposed she’d been on the run for enough months that she figured if Rhen were to pursue her, he or one of his lackies would have found her and fought her already. She hadn’t participated in a spar or duel since the coup where she’d been forced to fight the girl she thought to be her best friend to the death. It’d left a grave impact on her, but it was time to get back into the swing, especially if there were slavers to worry about.

She let out a chuckle, not out of amusement but to show how impressed she was that the woman had fought bears and tigers. She did not think herself to be so brave and she wondered what the circumstances were that had made her fight such ferocious beasts. He mentioned further about his injuries and she nodded in understanding. “I can be difficult to get into the swing of things after being off for so much time.” She recalled vaguely healers warning her of broken bones and how injuries can persist after what was deemed a ‘full recovery’, but perhaps she had mistaken the words. She admittedly had never been much of a healer and had only taken the lessons because her parents had deemed it necessary. It had gone in one ear and out the other.

He spoke of a battlefield and she nodded. That they had in common. She remembered her first time to the fields, sparing against an heir apparent in an allying pack under the watchful eye of her father and his. She’d kicked his ass, and her father had been so proud.

She needed to stop living in the past.

“We have something similar where I’m from… though I’ve never witnessed a tr-pack challenge.” Again, she nearly slipped up, trying to adjust to the vernacular of the region. He asked if she was looking to spar and her ears perked, curiosity piqued. “Are you offering?” She asked with a wide grin splitting her features. “Are you okay to spar? I’d hate to accidentally aggravate an old injury and cause you pain or more recuperation time.” He was a stranger, in theory she shouldn’t care, but she did because he seemed like a nice man.