<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/c/c0/Fd5e741b1b90361f6a2643d2aad8e6d3--felicity-jones-hair-photo-pro.jpg/450px-Fd5e741b1b90361f6a2643d2aad8e6d3--felicity-jones-hair-photo-pro.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Kirien Silverlark<br/><strong>Class: </strong>Cleric/Mage<br/><strong>Time: </strong>Brewfest 2, 577 CY, afternoon<br/><strong>Location: </strong>Gnarley Forest, Beratana Village, Kirien's cottage<br/><strong>Tagging: </strong>Enastril<br/><strong>Content Warning: </strong>none<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Kirien nodded to her friend.  They had so much in common in their outlook on the world at large.  While she knew elves as a species tended to be quite free-spirited compared to other races, they still had their conventions and beliefs, and a good share of them were simply outdated.  It didn't surprise Kirien, after her long studies of history, that elves were so.  Living so long tended to make some races more ossified in their beliefs.  Traditions were more liberal with elves compared to, say, dwarves or humans, but still fairly conservative compared to gnomes or halflings.  Those halflings, though...she so loved to spend time with some of them here in Beratana...such lively, pleasant livers of life.<br/><br/>While Teria did her closest imitation of a purr and reposed on Enastril's shoulder, gleefully accepting his offered morsels, Kirien squinted at the piece of metal her visitor revealed, then frowned.  "That is the strangest thing..."  She took it from his hand, turning it over in her slender palm.  "This metal...I should know what it is.  I never studied metallurgy...but it almost feels...magical."  She then looked up at Enastril.  "And that is not all."<br/><br/>She bent towards a small, dark-grained curio box on another shelf, and opened the lid, reaching inside and sweeping some other objects aside, before drawing out another small bit of metal.  She rolled both of them around in her hand, watching them intently, her elven sense of curiosity piqued greatly.<br/><br/>"They are not the same shape, but almost the same in size.  And...they look as if they are the same metal."  She looked again at him.  "Where did you obtain yours?"