<strong>Aeryn Sunlight<br/>Speaking with erianthe in the courtyard<br/>Magna Sophia chapterhouse, Point Respite</strong><br/><br/>A recap for context:<br/><br/><br/><strong>Muse:</strong><br/><br/>The silver haired girl smiled brilliantly to find Aeryn here.  She nodded quietly, graciously, and spoke in a soft voice, “A bench in the sunlight would be fine.  And wine would be lovely.”<br/><br/>The cloud walker ducked inside, moving deliberately so as not to hurt anyone smaller than herself.  In truth, she stepped deftly, and was capable of impressive acrobatics and lithe dances, but she usually grew awkward in close quarters with smaller folk.  “It’s truly lovely to see you, Aeryn.  I’m sorry I didn’t answer more of your questions when we first met.  In truth, you’re a very interesting person to me.”<br/><br/><strong>Healergirl:</strong><br/><br/>"You were very patient with my pestering Erianthe, and more questions?  I always have more questions, you will learn that about me very quickly.  The more I learn, the more I wish to learn!"<br/><br/>A novice scurried into view with a winesack - not expensive, not cheap, and a tray of assorted cold foods, sausage slices, cheeses, some frutt, hard rolls.<br/><br/>"There, we will sit in the shade.  You may go."  One of the same novices Aeryn had met with last night.  Which made her wonder just how well staffed the House was.<br/><br/>After she had poured the Cloud Walker some wine - in a very large cup - and prepared a smaller cup for herself she settled in her seat crosslegged, opened her writing kit and said brightly.  "I hold your interest?  I fear you will tire of my prying.  'Nosy Bitch'. is one of the kinder things I have been called."<br/><br/><strong>Muse:</strong><br/><br/>Erianthe smiled gently as Aeryn spoke.  Before replying, she drank from the cup, then studied it contemplatively.  “When I was a little girl living above the clouds,” she offered softly, “I never ate food, or drank anything but rain water.  The sun on my skin sustained me.<br/><br/>“After a few days in the shade of the clouds, wearing human clothes, I began to grow hungry.”  A bittersweet look crossed her face, “Those first tastes of food were amazing things, flavors of such intensity I could sing and cry for joy.  But I couldn't always keep them down.  It took my body months to adjust to gaining most of my sustenance from food.  The older knights worried I would starve.”<br/><br/>Erianthe took another swallow of the wine, then prepared a sort of sandwich from a roll, cheese, and sausage.   She looked down into Aeryn’s eyes.  “ I've always been better at listening than talking.  Some stories down here say we are the eyes of Agathea, looking down upon the world from above that she might know what transpires.  I know that I've no closer relationship with my goddess than any person is capable of having, but it does seem that I was made to relish quite observation.  To listen one must first fall silent.  But ultimately, there is joy in sharing what one has learned.”<br/><br/><strong>Healergirl: </strong><br/><br/>Aeryn looked very much like an alert sparrow.  "That joy is one of the defining aspects of my life, Erianthe.  We have that much in common, regardless of your literally unearthly background."  Her pen flew across across a page, "No food, only water and sunlight?"  She tapped her pen  thoughtfully.  "But you had to eat down on the ground.  More importantly, you were able to eat down on the ground.  Intriguing.  Did you have to undergo any preparation before coming down?"<br/><br/>(OOC:  Over to you, Muse)<br/><br/><br/>