maserannas: (quiet | and never speak of this again)
Ellana Lavellan ([personal profile] maserannas) wrote in [community profile] fishesoutofwater 2016-03-01 03:01 am (UTC)

She opens her mouth, trailing off in surprise. "..." What is she really supposed to say to that? She has to admit, it's only the very young who can ask these things an have no sense of stories about what any of the major players on Thedas and surrounding regions are like; one might not see a dwarf, or a qunari, or even a human all that often, but they all knew what they were told about them all.

How to explain these things?

"Elves are a... race of people on Thedas. I'm not sure what you mean by Earth. I don't know of any region with that name. Dwarves and the qunari are also races you'd find in Thedas, if not so commonly as humans. Elves tend to be built like me. If nothing else, our ears tend to give us away."

She gestures, faintly outlining the sharp point of her ear. There were so many details that defined them culturally, in their fractured, seeking ways, but for someone who had no concept of them in the first place, would that even register? It's patently strange to have to explain what an elf is for practical reasons, not even philosophical ones. "The rest probably aren't relevant. If that changes, I'd be glad to discuss them with you." For now, she feels like it will make even less sense to a 'gem' who didn't even understand how 'humans' healed.

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