Someone's a bit restless...

[fireofshandora]

Woman! [The voice is a snarl, but not altogether threatening. He appears to be pacing in frustration, and his eyes are narrowed intensely.]

How long will you insist on keeping me in this place? I am tired of these games; did you not think I could handle myself there? Hmph! [He perches somewhere high, his spear leaning back against his shoulder. He growls a bit as he looks around, every muscle tense.]

Despite how you lord over this place, I refuse to bow to you; only arrogance would make you think you can contain a warrior of Shandora!

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[fireofshandora]

Ha! No, I am alive! If I were dead, I would have long ago returned to the home of my ancestors, and resided in the trees there. But to many, I have been dead for a long time, so they tend to be startled when they come across me.

[He regards the mermaid for a moment, confused by her question.]

Your mother is dead? I do not know her.

[weakahoshi]

[And here we see Shirahoshi trying very hard to hold it together. She nods and sniffles a little bit, the pain of it and Hody's betrayal still raw, even after all these years.]

S- someone wanted to start a war w- with the humans. Mm- mother wanted us to live in peace. So. They...

[She stops there. He can probably figure out the rest.]

[fireofshandora]

[Calgara's eyes change subtly; this mermaid has proven herself no threat, and indeed, some of the deities worshipped by his people resembled such creatures. But when she starts to cry over the loss of her family, he understands in a deep way.]

I...understand your loss. Much is lost in war when the stakes are high. [How many of his people have died fighting the Skypieans? How many people suffered in four hundred years of warfare? His own children, grandchildren...]

[weakahoshi]

[Crap, crap, crap, she's not supposed to be a crybaby anymore! She promised!

The funny bushy... human? Do humans usually have wings? ...He looks distraught, too. Oh, no! Is it because of what she said?]

B-but it's turned out okay, now! I mean... P- please don't be upset!

[It's kind of impressive how tiny a voice can come out of so huge a person.]