Shady

“I hope they are all on one side,” Jerica said. “But history’s shown that’s not guaranteed. I dare say maybe not even likely. You just told tales of conflict yourself.”

She lifted her chin a bit more, feeling defensive. “They’ll wake soon; I want to be on the right side of history when they do. Strithr’s side.”

Jerica nodded. This was going well… right? She decided to be quiet to see if he offered anything else.

Jerica hesitated, not sure how to reply to that. But she straightened her shoulders and lifted her chin a bit. “They’ll awake soon; what do you think they want people ...

Jerica waited for the briefest lull, then, “what do you know of Strithr?” (That’s the correct god for her, right? I’m suddenly doubting myself lol)

Jerica wanted to go see it. Would Them let her? She bet she could convince them. She was a herald, after all. That had to come with perks, yeah? Yeah.

Jerica buried her hands in her pockets, still listening intently and trying to squirrel away all this information. There were so many people — gods, she guessed. Names. Drama. But ...

Jerica had absolutely no idea what was going on, but she was here for it. This seemed like exactly the sort of content to teach her what was going on ...

Jerica spotted them almost immediately and made a beeline for them, slowing as she approached. Ky lost the nerve to follow and split off a few steps away from them, ...

" Why ?" Ky hissed, recoiling another step away from her and looking around for help. "I have questions for them," Jerica said, waving a hand dismissively. "Are they around? ...

"Should we follow 'em?" Kieran asked, watching the girls go. "Mm... I don't know," Rek admitted, glancing over at Akeno. "Was it just me, or did she seem like she's ...

"Okay." Jerica nodded and started off in that direction, leading Ranofer along by her shoulder. Ky blinked and then trotted after her as well.

"Um... I don't... actually... know," Ky admitted, glancing around for Jerica. It'd been her idea to come. "Oh, uh..." Jerica hesitated, glancing between them. "Y'know. Just like... looking around... a

Jerica dismounted next but let Rek take the lead to provide a bit of a buffer between them all. Akeno, Kieran, and Ky all hung back a bit, waiting to ...

"Good." She picked lint off her furs, giving herself something to focus on other than how uncomfortable she was. Ky risked a glance up, surprised to see that even Bold ...