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the question is met with silence. for a breath, then another, her gaze remains fixed on solvi’s face, weighing her words. a smart girl, seeking information before she leaps headlong into a decision that may change her life.
her chin lifts a fraction, and she turns enough to glance toward the mountains standing watch behind her. jagged backs of stone. snow packed into their scars.
stormrift was carved from peaks like those. a northern kingdom—she says at last.
we were a hard people. enduring. we prize discipline above all. dutiful, but unified;her pale eyes return to solvi.
none of us stand alone.
she continues.
women lead, most often. we serve the goddess sivra, our dark lady. when one passes, she gives us valhalla and strings our souls to the stars so that we may watch over our loved ones at night.
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