3/14/2026, 9:14 PM
“Very well. You are natural, I suspect, if your inclinations lie toward physical pursuits, princess.” That smile deepens, for now there is passion brightening the eager young eyes.
“In my homeland, no women, not even the royal ones, are kept inside palaces. They learn to cut and hunt with the men, sometimes even riding out into battles alongside them.”
It was dangerous for women to have no more strength than a child. Wives were prized for their fire, for their tongues, and not for the delicacy of their features; the smallness of their feet.
The nomad quiets, intrigued to hear what an imperial princess would make of this.
“In my homeland, no women, not even the royal ones, are kept inside palaces. They learn to cut and hunt with the men, sometimes even riding out into battles alongside them.”
It was dangerous for women to have no more strength than a child. Wives were prized for their fire, for their tongues, and not for the delicacy of their features; the smallness of their feet.
The nomad quiets, intrigued to hear what an imperial princess would make of this.
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