"Just so you know that would be considered a culturally offensive choice of phrase back home. Doesn't stop most people from saying worse but..." she shrugged as best she could while still holding on. "Leontine is the name of his race. Just like I'm Human" more or less. "Clint is Aerian, Ybelline is Tha'alani, specifically Tha'alanari. Teela and her cohort are Barranai" again more or less, "Tiamaris is a Dragon, Tara is a sentient building," she stopped trying to think if she missed anyone. "Small and squawky is a familiar, but I'm not sure if that is a race or not. Oh. Bertolle is a Hallione. Mejrah is a Norinarr." She thought again. She was pretty sure that was all the major races, but... oh well there were the Ancients but she couldn't exactly name any of them, given what Name meant to them. There were also the ghosts, but she wasn't going to give up someone else's secrets like that.
As she spoke she told him far more than she realized, however. Her telling him basically what he had said was considered raciest was said with the dry sort of eye roll that made it clear she'd heard the same thing over and over and didn't necessarily agree. Like she was toeing the official line dutifully rather than that she was upset. There was warmth when she said Leontine this time. Mostly because she was thinking about the Leontines she knew. Marcus especially. but the pridela as well, and the cubs, and Marrin. All of whom she loved even if she'd never say the word out loud. When she spoke Clint's name there was warmth and humor and a little good natured frustration. Between her tone and her expressions, she really was an open book. When she said Aerian there was some awe there. She was working on idolizing them less. Well, she was trying to. Sort of. When she remembered. Ybelline's name was all warmth and when she said Tha'alani there was a protective fierceness in her voice. When she aid Tha'alanari however, bitterness and a hint of anger. Teela's name was said with frustration and badly disguised love. Cohort however... exasperation, mostly. Though she really did like some of them. When she said Barrani however her eye roll was inescapable. While she cared a great deal for some individuals... the race as a whole didn't really impress her much. She was a Hawk, and most of the worst and most dangerous crimes tied back to the Barrani. Tiamaris was a name said with warmth and a weird almost sense of pride. That one was complicated. But he was proof that the changes she had dreamt of as a child were possible. While she in no way credited herself for those changes, it still warmd something in her to see them happening, and that was owed to Tiamaris. And Tara. At the word Dragon there was a bit of a frustrated huff. But also some affection. So long as she didn't think about two specific Dragons. Well, sort of three, depending on how you counted the Outcaste...
Tara... her name was said with warmth and affection but also amused exasperation. Sentient building however held an almost challenging protectiveness. Like she would go to war defending them and was almost daring him to force that to happen.
When she said Small and Squawky she had clearly been about to say something else and stopped herself at the last minute. There was a mix of frustration and embarrassment there. Mostly frustration because where the actual happinesses was he now that she needed him?!
Bertolle and Hallione were both words that were loaded with a mix of protectiveness and frustration. And absolutely some exasperation. But she was still happier that they existed than that they hadn't. And she did genuinely feel for a few of them. Even if Bertolle's brothers still freaked her out some.
Mejrah's name was spoken with respect. Norrinar was spoken with a mix of respect and exasperation and a little confusion.
And when she ended after that it was clear she was still thinking. Because there were the Ancients but she didn't know how to begin to explain them. And then what species name could she give to someone like the being that had been the Adversary but who now played chess with Terrano? Or to Spike? Or to someone like Gilbert? She would have called them Shadows and been done with it, except... she understood them better now. Which still gave her a lot of guilt over past battles. Ugh. The whole thing made her head hurt, and he could probably see the exact moment she decided not to think about it anymore and just focus on the fact that they were flying. Even if they were still so low to the ground Clint would have whined at her the whole time that she might as well just walk.
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Re: Sephiroth | OTA
Date: 2025-05-04 11:13 am (UTC)As she spoke she told him far more than she realized, however. Her telling him basically what he had said was considered raciest was said with the dry sort of eye roll that made it clear she'd heard the same thing over and over and didn't necessarily agree. Like she was toeing the official line dutifully rather than that she was upset. There was warmth when she said Leontine this time. Mostly because she was thinking about the Leontines she knew. Marcus especially. but the pridela as well, and the cubs, and Marrin. All of whom she loved even if she'd never say the word out loud. When she spoke Clint's name there was warmth and humor and a little good natured frustration. Between her tone and her expressions, she really was an open book. When she said Aerian there was some awe there. She was working on idolizing them less. Well, she was trying to. Sort of. When she remembered. Ybelline's name was all warmth and when she said Tha'alani there was a protective fierceness in her voice. When she aid Tha'alanari however, bitterness and a hint of anger. Teela's name was said with frustration and badly disguised love. Cohort however... exasperation, mostly. Though she really did like some of them. When she said Barrani however her eye roll was inescapable. While she cared a great deal for some individuals... the race as a whole didn't really impress her much. She was a Hawk, and most of the worst and most dangerous crimes tied back to the Barrani. Tiamaris was a name said with warmth and a weird almost sense of pride. That one was complicated. But he was proof that the changes she had dreamt of as a child were possible. While she in no way credited herself for those changes, it still warmd something in her to see them happening, and that was owed to Tiamaris. And Tara. At the word Dragon there was a bit of a frustrated huff. But also some affection. So long as she didn't think about two specific Dragons. Well, sort of three, depending on how you counted the Outcaste...
Tara... her name was said with warmth and affection but also amused exasperation. Sentient building however held an almost challenging protectiveness. Like she would go to war defending them and was almost daring him to force that to happen.
When she said Small and Squawky she had clearly been about to say something else and stopped herself at the last minute. There was a mix of frustration and embarrassment there. Mostly frustration because where the actual happinesses was he now that she needed him?!
Bertolle and Hallione were both words that were loaded with a mix of protectiveness and frustration. And absolutely some exasperation. But she was still happier that they existed than that they hadn't. And she did genuinely feel for a few of them. Even if Bertolle's brothers still freaked her out some.
Mejrah's name was spoken with respect. Norrinar was spoken with a mix of respect and exasperation and a little confusion.
And when she ended after that it was clear she was still thinking. Because there were the Ancients but she didn't know how to begin to explain them. And then what species name could she give to someone like the being that had been the Adversary but who now played chess with Terrano? Or to Spike? Or to someone like Gilbert? She would have called them Shadows and been done with it, except... she understood them better now. Which still gave her a lot of guilt over past battles. Ugh. The whole thing made her head hurt, and he could probably see the exact moment she decided not to think about it anymore and just focus on the fact that they were flying. Even if they were still so low to the ground Clint would have whined at her the whole time that she might as well just walk.