Elves of all stripes ever were the very antithesis of Dwarves, a willow where Gotris was moreā¦ a hedge?
Dwarves were not suited to plant-based metaphors, but there had never been a stone that looked like Xeii.
Gotris was sturdy. Her arms and her legs and her waist and her hair were all thick, and she'd never hit a crossbeam in her life. Wouldn't even if she'd horns of her own. And with her hair all in neat braids, there was never any need to touch it once it had been set unless she wanted to throw her beads into disarray.
And the clothes. Gotris had worn nothing but the finest since arriving in Akvero. Even before arriving, when she had lived among Dwarves with no kind feelings toward such frippery. She couldn't recall having ever allowed herself to become that filthy. "Don't apologize," she said, hiking up her skirt enough to prod the clothes into an easily-avoided pile with her toe. "Just be careful."
She was going to have to find the girl something to wear. Certainly wouldn't do to put her back in that mess. Fortunately Gotris was good at improvising.
Neither Dwarves nor Akverans spent much time nude around others, but Gotris was not typical of either of those things. She was not shy about Xeii's bared skin, anyway, though there was no telling how she might have reacted to the reverse. "Why don't I just take care of that, for now?" she suggested. Standing near the tub, she began to pump the lever, slowly to avoid there being too much cold water too quickly. "It comes up from the reservoir," she explained, "which is not much cleaner than the canal, but bathe in the canal and you'll come up dirtier than you were to start." She wrinkled her nose at the thought.
Dwarves were not suited to plant-based metaphors, but there had never been a stone that looked like Xeii.
Gotris was sturdy. Her arms and her legs and her waist and her hair were all thick, and she'd never hit a crossbeam in her life. Wouldn't even if she'd horns of her own. And with her hair all in neat braids, there was never any need to touch it once it had been set unless she wanted to throw her beads into disarray.
And the clothes. Gotris had worn nothing but the finest since arriving in Akvero. Even before arriving, when she had lived among Dwarves with no kind feelings toward such frippery. She couldn't recall having ever allowed herself to become that filthy. "Don't apologize," she said, hiking up her skirt enough to prod the clothes into an easily-avoided pile with her toe. "Just be careful."
She was going to have to find the girl something to wear. Certainly wouldn't do to put her back in that mess. Fortunately Gotris was good at improvising.
Neither Dwarves nor Akverans spent much time nude around others, but Gotris was not typical of either of those things. She was not shy about Xeii's bared skin, anyway, though there was no telling how she might have reacted to the reverse. "Why don't I just take care of that, for now?" she suggested. Standing near the tub, she began to pump the lever, slowly to avoid there being too much cold water too quickly. "It comes up from the reservoir," she explained, "which is not much cleaner than the canal, but bathe in the canal and you'll come up dirtier than you were to start." She wrinkled her nose at the thought.
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