01-11-2011, 06:12 PM
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The answers Tsukiko gave Nayru only further confused the girl, but she had accepted that trying to understand life in Japan would be confusing. The social order seemed all backwards, and yet Nayru was not unable to draw comparisons to the system they maintained here. There were those who lead, and those who followed. In Japan it seemed those who lead were destined to do so, or at least given the opportunity based solely on their birth. Here anyone could potentially lead, even those who had fallen from grace could once more rise up, if they had the skills and wit to do so. Those that lead packs perhaps had some control over the lives of those that lived in the packs, but it seemed that the nobles had a more complete control over the commoners Tsukiko spoke of. How complete of a control Nayru did not wish to ask, partly because she wished not to know and wonder but also because it seemed irrelevant to her.
She had freedom, if she wished. Conor could not keep anyone in Dahlia de Mai who did not wish to be there themselves. Those who left could join another pack, no questions asked, or live off of the neutral lands if they were able to fend for themselves. Nayru knew that at this point in her life she could fend for herself. She also knew she did not wish to do so. Dahlia de Mai was her home, and even though she was not bound to the land by traditions or laws or whatever kept commoners under control of nobles, there was nothing that would tear Nayru from the pack lands she had come to love. It was her own free will that tied her to these lands, and that perhaps was the most important difference Nayru had discovered from Tsukiko. No one else had control over her, she was not a citizen of anything or to anyone, she was only herself and this pleased her greatly.
“That all sounds so very strange. It is hard for me to imagine all you speak of." She smiled, and bowed her head once more as a silent thank you to Tsukiko for humoring her for so long, as the girl asked question after question. One could not speak forever and Nayru had no intention of making Tsukiko do so, and certainly not of Japan. “Hopefully getting use to our ways here has not been so difficult for you? Have you found a home, perhaps in Wolfville?" Most all of the others lived in or near to Wolfville. Berwick was another common spot for them to den, but Nayru lived out on the eastern edge. Still, she liked to know where to go looking if she had to find someone.
The answers Tsukiko gave Nayru only further confused the girl, but she had accepted that trying to understand life in Japan would be confusing. The social order seemed all backwards, and yet Nayru was not unable to draw comparisons to the system they maintained here. There were those who lead, and those who followed. In Japan it seemed those who lead were destined to do so, or at least given the opportunity based solely on their birth. Here anyone could potentially lead, even those who had fallen from grace could once more rise up, if they had the skills and wit to do so. Those that lead packs perhaps had some control over the lives of those that lived in the packs, but it seemed that the nobles had a more complete control over the commoners Tsukiko spoke of. How complete of a control Nayru did not wish to ask, partly because she wished not to know and wonder but also because it seemed irrelevant to her.
She had freedom, if she wished. Conor could not keep anyone in Dahlia de Mai who did not wish to be there themselves. Those who left could join another pack, no questions asked, or live off of the neutral lands if they were able to fend for themselves. Nayru knew that at this point in her life she could fend for herself. She also knew she did not wish to do so. Dahlia de Mai was her home, and even though she was not bound to the land by traditions or laws or whatever kept commoners under control of nobles, there was nothing that would tear Nayru from the pack lands she had come to love. It was her own free will that tied her to these lands, and that perhaps was the most important difference Nayru had discovered from Tsukiko. No one else had control over her, she was not a citizen of anything or to anyone, she was only herself and this pleased her greatly.
“That all sounds so very strange. It is hard for me to imagine all you speak of." She smiled, and bowed her head once more as a silent thank you to Tsukiko for humoring her for so long, as the girl asked question after question. One could not speak forever and Nayru had no intention of making Tsukiko do so, and certainly not of Japan. “Hopefully getting use to our ways here has not been so difficult for you? Have you found a home, perhaps in Wolfville?" Most all of the others lived in or near to Wolfville. Berwick was another common spot for them to den, but Nayru lived out on the eastern edge. Still, she liked to know where to go looking if she had to find someone.
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