[ he corrects it softly as he sits up slowly, meeting them eye to eye with a smile as he holds it close to his chest, over his heart where the wound from last week heals and scars over. he holds it with both hands, like it's a living thing itself, eyes sweeping over every detail. better? he can't imagine it could be better, but aren't we our own worst critics? ]
... Back home... there's one that keeps me company... and the Kin say that if you dream of a bull, whatever happens in that dream will come to be. They're signs of fate, prophecy... grounded in reality because they are children of Boddho, the Earth herself. If you cannot trust yourself, you can always trust a bull.
[ turning it over in his hands, his eyes soften and then close, a smile finding its way onto his features. ]
[ At the start of his story, they lower their things. So they can focus more on his words. It's always interesting.. to hear how other cultures, other beliefs see and feel about certain things. Obviously they had no idea what exactly a bull in question would mean to him but.
To hear, it sounds nice. Grounded in reality... from the Earth herself. Slowly, carefully, their knife shaves off a bit more wood, moving it in a curve. ]
Being able to find trust somewhere - it sounds nice. [ At the thanks, they pause, before turning their attention softly to their new project. ] ..Course. I'm just glad you like it.
[ For a moment they think, watching as an edge of their whittling sharpens a bit more. ]
It's the stars that we look at. For us, "The Universe leads. And we can only follow." It's the one thing that sticks with me. In the vast span of the entire Universe, we can only follow where it asks of us.
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[ he corrects it softly as he sits up slowly, meeting them eye to eye with a smile as he holds it close to his chest, over his heart where the wound from last week heals and scars over. he holds it with both hands, like it's a living thing itself, eyes sweeping over every detail. better? he can't imagine it could be better, but aren't we our own worst critics? ]
... Back home... there's one that keeps me company... and the Kin say that if you dream of a bull, whatever happens in that dream will come to be. They're signs of fate, prophecy... grounded in reality because they are children of Boddho, the Earth herself. If you cannot trust yourself, you can always trust a bull.
[ turning it over in his hands, his eyes soften and then close, a smile finding its way onto his features. ]
Thank you, Siffrin...
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To hear, it sounds nice. Grounded in reality... from the Earth herself. Slowly, carefully, their knife shaves off a bit more wood, moving it in a curve. ]
Being able to find trust somewhere - it sounds nice. [ At the thanks, they pause, before turning their attention softly to their new project. ] ..Course. I'm just glad you like it.
[ For a moment they think, watching as an edge of their whittling sharpens a bit more. ]
It's the stars that we look at. For us, "The Universe leads. And we can only follow." It's the one thing that sticks with me. In the vast span of the entire Universe, we can only follow where it asks of us.