"I couldn't save her, though I tried. She is as lost to me as any mortal in my past." The mourning in Keziah's tone, that she lets it show for Erik to hear, is a vulnerability. To be a vampire, same as a loved one, is a chance for forever... to have it snatched away is a world-shaking pain.
She firms her jaw, lifts her chin... and when she next speaks, her tone is back to that calm, controlled voice. Her 'society' voice. "That is what spurred me to establish my own House, take my own power and have respect for it. So that I could protect those I cared for, and any who crossed me would understand what a grave error that is.
In my discussion with the goddess who brought me here, I said that I would take these people under my protection. I see that my ignorance of this place may hinder me in doing that well." She holds out a hand, but it is angled in an unusual way -- if he pulled her hand closer, her wrist would be on display. Available to bite, actually. This is likely the intention -- to seal an alliance by blood exchange.
(She wonders, though... they are so different, would he even feel her emotions upon the exchange? That is the purpose of the gesture in her world, in her society. If he even understands what he's meant to do. They are so different.)
"Will you forgive my lapse, Lord Erik Osborne, and help me to instead understand how I can best serve our common goals?"
Keziah decides that even if their agreement here isn't sealed in blood, she will honor it as such. Exceptions have to be made for different cultures, don't they?
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She firms her jaw, lifts her chin... and when she next speaks, her tone is back to that calm, controlled voice. Her 'society' voice. "That is what spurred me to establish my own House, take my own power and have respect for it. So that I could protect those I cared for, and any who crossed me would understand what a grave error that is.
In my discussion with the goddess who brought me here, I said that I would take these people under my protection. I see that my ignorance of this place may hinder me in doing that well." She holds out a hand, but it is angled in an unusual way -- if he pulled her hand closer, her wrist would be on display. Available to bite, actually. This is likely the intention -- to seal an alliance by blood exchange.
(She wonders, though... they are so different, would he even feel her emotions upon the exchange? That is the purpose of the gesture in her world, in her society. If he even understands what he's meant to do. They are so different.)
"Will you forgive my lapse, Lord Erik Osborne, and help me to instead understand how I can best serve our common goals?"
Keziah decides that even if their agreement here isn't sealed in blood, she will honor it as such. Exceptions have to be made for different cultures, don't they?