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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 14:15:17 GMT -5
The young princess turns to her. "Well, hello there. I don't believe we've met. I'm Catherine Stark."
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Ella shrugs. "Well, you'd think rumors would have come out or something...but so far, our spies say there was a disturbance but it all got settled. The Sealord's words were 'a misunderstanding'."
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Post by Leona Redwyne on Nov 24, 2012 14:25:00 GMT -5
"I'm Reyna Harlaw. Though I daresay I should say Dustin now," she said. "I'm Fyodor's wife," she explained. "This is a most magnificent castle, I must say."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 14:29:14 GMT -5
"Oh, of coooourse! We heard the rumors...illicit love and all that," she said with a grin. "Now there's a story." She looks her over critically, but with a grin. "I daresay you look much more beautiful than most Ironborn ladies."
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Post by Leona Redwyne on Nov 24, 2012 14:47:59 GMT -5
Reyna smiled at that.
"It's kind of you to say so, but most of them don't care very much for fine clothes and things. Truth be told, it's hard to come by silks and velvets on the islands, unless you have a father or a husband to pay the iron price for them. I have been fortunate enough to have the leisure to look my best. But I don't know whether I will in future. I have no notion how people live in the North."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 14:55:24 GMT -5
"Well, you never know. If you got a good man he'll keep you looking as good as you do now, I'm sure." Catherine gestured to a horse. "Do you ride?"
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Post by Leona Redwyne on Nov 24, 2012 15:16:40 GMT -5
"Not very well," Reyna admitted. "We have few horses in the Iron Islands. We don't need them, really, and our people much prefer ships. I rode a little when I lived in the Goldlands but I need to practice more
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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 15:39:13 GMT -5
"Well, then, get on. You can stay near Arania; I get the feeling she didn't grow up riding either." Catherine can clearly sit a horse very well.
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Post by Leona Redwyne on Nov 24, 2012 15:57:52 GMT -5
"Of course."
But Reyna was not used to mounting without assistance, so she got one of the stableboys to give her a hand and she was not as elegant as might be hoped once she was in the saddle.
"It's most kind of you to assist me like this. I feel quite lost here."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 16:44:05 GMT -5
"Oh, don't mention it. Hopefully Dustin teaches you a bit better; we ALWAYS ride when the ladies are together."
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Post by Leona Redwyne on Nov 24, 2012 17:24:08 GMT -5
"Oh. That's good. I would like to meet the other ladies," she said hopefully. "I rather hope the ladies here are more like me than those back home."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 17:30:04 GMT -5
"Only better riders, I assure you," Catherine giggled. "Well, we've no lack of distinguished ladies in our company here. My dear husband's sisters, Delila and Meera, Ella Stark, Arania Hightower...why, a veritable collection of dignity."
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Post by Leona Redwyne on Nov 24, 2012 17:44:52 GMT -5
"It's not dignity I seek," Reyna said, good-humoured. "I seek friendship and fun, and a companionship I could never quite find at home."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 17:47:16 GMT -5
"Then I recommend you get your legs ready to be rubbed a bit raw, and for your backside to ache a bit. Riding hurts at first...like everything worth learning." Reyna's mare is older and mild tempered, and moves little unless specifically instructed.
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Post by Leona Redwyne on Nov 24, 2012 18:19:20 GMT -5
She stroked the horse gently.
"I've sat a horse before. Just not very often. I know how to ride but I never gallop or try to jump or anything," she confided. "A nice sedate walk is all I can manage."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Nov 24, 2012 18:23:21 GMT -5
"Well, we'll tie your feet to the stirrups then; we only trot or canter here." Catherine's grin splits her whole face. "Never heard of any Ironborn being afraid," she winks again.
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