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It was not something she had considered before, but as she looked over the sturdy mare, she had to agree that she did seem strong, and perhaps her name could be drawn from that. Simply calling her by the term would not fit, however, another language might provide a better name. Valeria, a Hungarian name for strength, came to mind almost immediately. She had known a female with that name, and fit it she had. It did sound pretty, so perhaps it could fit her horse. "Valeria," she said, sounding it out in use on the mare, who turned her face to study the leader. "It is Hungarian. For strength," she added, explaining to the Anasgayv. While she did not know the language of the AniWayans, she could speak Hungarian, and she knew much of the tongue of the gypsies. Foxglove thought of this as yet another barrier.
With a small shrug of her shoulders, the blonde hybrid sighed. It did not seem to suit the horse nearly as much as she had hoped, and her mind danced over other possibilities. She did not want to give her mount a name that could be associated with war, with trouble, with conflict. Perhaps something that had to do with peace, or calm, for Foxglove did not want to find herself thinking of the injustices of the tribe prior to Ulilohi's arrival when she looked at the mare. Giving her a name that could potentially be associated with battle—and the thought of strength did make the gypsy girl think of it—was something she hoped to avoid, but Valeria was a nice name. Maybe if she gave it enough time, it would grow on both her and the mare. It was a name to think of, at any rate.
Brows raised at the mention of misfortune the day prior. With the way she was feeling as of late, the Tsula Agateno did not socialize with the tribe and had not heard of anything happening the day before, but clearly she had missed something big. "The sheep got out?" She would sound incompetent, perhaps, not even knowing what had happened within the tribe's lands only a day ago, but it was the first she was hearing of it. She also did not know who Gemma was, but she asked, "Did she do it on purpose?" She couldn't imagine why it would be done on purpose, but then, some did very strange things.
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