She had never adhered to the traditional. Women's roles were the same everywhere, but Eterne was matriarchal in style and the females there (at least amongst the upper class) were given freedom from the oppression of testosterone fueled decisions. She had no desire to be forced into the role of the typical woman — there was no need, not when she had so much control over her own life. Eris' desire to settle was seen as strange. The family unit was important, but settling was strange. At least to the eyes of a young woman.
Her face echoed the surprise felt as he disclosed words she had both expected and not expected. He didn't trust her kind, that was clear enough, but he knew others did. Was she strange? Was she so likeable that it made her strange? His smile was met with a twist of a frown as she tossed the thought around in her head. "Aye ahm no stranger than you, Lahrkspar. Why ahm aye the strange one? In Eterne, it ess not me who ess different, ahnd aye do not think Aye ahm the different one in Salsola." They were contrasts of each other, but she was more similar to him that either really considered. She didn't like to admit it. Still, as she considered that she might be strange, she exhaled a breath to disclose to him — a man she openly felt disdain toward — a fact she hadn't told even to Eris. "Maye mother, Nahualli, ess ay hybrid woman. Aye ahm...ay hybrid woman." Though she labelled herself a coyote, there was enough wolf blood there to have shown in the shape and features of her brother — the truth was clear enough that she was not perfect in the eyes of her own civilization, but there was no need to spread it around.
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