Reasonably, the young man seemed startled and a little shaken by her strange outburst. For once, the slender healer woman was too immersed in her own curiosity and nostalgia to care. Emerald eyes remained keenly upon him, darting as he spoke to rest on the dark feathered creatures sitting balefully out of reach.
She peered at them curiously now, with rounded eyes that seemed similar to her son's, but for the obvious animation and life within them. Alaine was not trapped within her own mind, as Elijah was, and her eyes showed world-weary portals to a likewise weathered soul. However, the birds brought out some sort of regression from the colliewoman - In her interest, the shadows seemed to recede, and she looked younger again. Floppy ears lifted from the tumble of auburn curls that adorned her crown, as she gazed thoughtfully at Zeke's avian companions.
"How... Curious," Lyrical accent seemed vague, "Can they understand me? What I am saying right now?" She made a useless gesture of emphasis with one hand, eager to hear his answer. The Dubh had been an old family, as old as the Winters, and they had kept ravens as companions. Badb, RavenKing. Would these birds know your name? Certainly not. But the memories return... Sharp gaze returned to her pupil, she sat still precariously perched on the railing, who had been watching her as though she had sprouted a second head. His latter statement had brought about a more solemn facade, and she checked herself roughly, pulling a suitable expression of sympathy about Fae-like features. "It is a shame. Death comes for all creatures. Féachann Lugh aon spiorad."
Unable to refrain, her eyes drifted to the birds again. "Ibsen... And Zola," Pupils shifted from one to the other, and the gentle smile returned to her maw again.
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