[ Himeka smiles at that, titling her head to the side just so. ]
Something like that.
[ She was trying to be more delicate about it, something that she is generally not known for being good at, but if he's going to come out and say it... His description does strike her as odd, though. Not that Geralt said it had been burned down at some point, it definitely looked like there could have remaining damage from sort of siege, but how he describes his attackers.
Geralt is a Witcher, a monster hunter for coin with good taste in meat and drink. That is what she understands of him. But from the terminology that she's gleaned from all the other hyur and hyur-like peoples, "human" is the moniker. And yet...he's picking that in particular for what, for her not to assume other Auri-like people had come to the assault? That doesn't really make much sense. ]
"Humans"?
[ She tilts her head to the other side as she chews on a piece of tofu, regarding him openly for a moment. ]
I thought that was what you called yourselves.
[ Or...maybe there are different tribes? Or a different usage all together? It can be so complicated.
Likewise, she picks her spoon back up in her left hand. ]
I am. The Raen clan of Au Ra left our ancient homelands some time ago. You can find us all over the East, so I've learned.
[ In all honesty she was pretty surprised to see other Auri out of the sea. Unsurprisingly she assumed an immediate kinship with them that was not always reciprocated. ]
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Something like that.
[ She was trying to be more delicate about it, something that she is generally not known for being good at, but if he's going to come out and say it... His description does strike her as odd, though. Not that Geralt said it had been burned down at some point, it definitely looked like there could have remaining damage from sort of siege, but how he describes his attackers.
Geralt is a Witcher, a monster hunter for coin with good taste in meat and drink. That is what she understands of him. But from the terminology that she's gleaned from all the other hyur and hyur-like peoples, "human" is the moniker. And yet...he's picking that in particular for what, for her not to assume other Auri-like people had come to the assault? That doesn't really make much sense. ]
"Humans"?
[ She tilts her head to the other side as she chews on a piece of tofu, regarding him openly for a moment. ]
I thought that was what you called yourselves.
[ Or...maybe there are different tribes? Or a different usage all together? It can be so complicated.
Likewise, she picks her spoon back up in her left hand. ]
I am. The Raen clan of Au Ra left our ancient homelands some time ago. You can find us all over the East, so I've learned.
[ In all honesty she was pretty surprised to see other Auri out of the sea. Unsurprisingly she assumed an immediate kinship with them that was not always reciprocated. ]