<strong>Night-Rending Howl ~ Do I detect a stir beneath the water? ~ Last Night<br/>Tagged:</strong>Curious<br/><hr/><br/>She shook her head as she sipped at her own drink, sliding back into the water like a wave.  "No, no, you misunderstand me.  You have to understand how I grew up.  Like I said, growing up out there, on the edge, with the creatures of the Wyld a day's journey away, everyone got to know EVERYONE.  Wasn't a single person in my village that our healer couldn't detail every single scar and mark on, how they came to be, and how long it had taken him to fix it."  She shrugged.  "Modesty was just... one of those things we couldn't afford.  So I never really learned it.  And while I probably could change the way I am, why bother?  I'm happy how I am right now."  She smiled, leaning over toward him.  "But if it would make you more comfortable, I will... attempt to refrain from such behavior in the future?" she murmured, her voice dusky.<br/><br/>One hand came over, resting on the shoulder of the missing arm.  "I'm curious, though, as to how this happened," she said, her voice returning to more conversational levels.  "Because for some reason, some part of me wants to find the one that forced this to happen, and beat them to death with their own arms," she said, shaking her head.