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She appears above a bit of frozen wasteland. She falls, conscious but without making a peep, to the ground, and breaks a few more bones.
She lies there.
promise and leareth
running-to-the-sun
"So we should not let you learn anyone's name or else they will become your vassal? What - does it mean for Enaka, that she is your vassal already?"
imeanforever
"She can't hurt me. And if I were going to order her to do anything she'd do it. And it doesn't change anything if I eat food she brings me."
running-to-the-sun
"...Could I theoretically order you not to give her any orders? I am guessing you do not intend to do anything harmful with that - power - and I am not going to put new mind-control on you if it is completely unnecessary, but in principle."
running-to-the-sun
"She was not going to hurt you anyway, she is a Healer. ...You refused treatment, earlier, is that because Healing magic in your world does not work very well or something? I thought maybe you had Healed yourself before, but also that the injuries might be part of the orders I rescinded somehow."
imeanforever
"Orders cannot themselves spontaneously cause injuries. Healing sorcery works fine and is what I did. She said she'd have to touch me."
running-to-the-sun
"Healing in our world works by Seeing what is wrong in the body and then Healers can set it right, I think skilled Healers can do it without touch but it makes it much harder. - Does your magic interact with being touched in some way, or is that purely a preference you have?"
running-to-the-sun
Nayoki lifts her hands. "Fair enough. Anyway. You were previously kept prisoner by someone in Fairyland, who I assume was your master there and - had you under all of those horrible orders to not move and such?"
imeanforever
"I think it was a tear. They're sort of like gates but disappear once someone's gone through one. If he looks for me at all he'll expect me to have gone to the mortal world, which is understood to have mortals, like you, but no magic last I heard."
running-to-the-sun
Nayoki nods. She sits back and tries to think over what the right questions even are to ask, here. What other magic the woman possesses, of course, but...she's missing some steps here...
"...Um, do people in your world usually go by pet names or something, if names have power like that? Is there something I should call you?"
running-to-the-sun
"Promise." Nayoki smiles at her. "You can call me, hmm. Sunspring." It's the name of her hometown, in the Haighlei tongue.
