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People are quite strange. 

Especially those who lived in extravagance as the nobles did. She didn't understand how shiny round pieces of metal could make someone so powerful even though their bodies were so frail that they could die from tripping over a stick. For the past few years, Feriha had learned a lot about society, but also not very much. Squires would give her strange looks as she tended to the Raptors in the barracks stables. Whispering to each other as she spoke softly to the animals. "It's so pointless to talk to such dumb lizards", she would overhear every so often, statements which she largely ignored. One of the Raptor trainers had approached Feriha about this before, telling her that she didn't need to constantly talk to the beasts. 
[color=f7941d]"Raptors are very social beings."[/color], She had replied softly in a serious tone. And with that, the Raptor trainers gave up. There was more to beast taming than just subduing the beast. You needed to try your hardest to understand their emotions. 

In the five or so years after leaving The Xacrines, there was one place that Feriha hadn't been to yet. A place far west, labelled 'Ecros' on the maps she found in the 'stacked paper' buildings.. or 'Library' as most referred to it as. After gathering the supplies she needed, she left Estiala on the back of her companion, Nur.

[color=f7941d]"It's going to be a long trip, Nur."[/color], the tamer stated as they left the city. The raptor chirped in response. He liked long runs.

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The desert sun was quite unforgiving. It's scorching presence made their travels more difficult as they stopped under every isolated piece of shade to take a short rest from the heat. Feriha was glad that she had put a cloak on before entering the desert, her skin wasn't as seared as one might think.

It felt like an eternity, but they had finally made it to Ecros. Or at least she thought it was Ecros.. Her doubts on her location were cleared as she saw a sign saying 'Ecros'. How handy. The tamer hopped off her mount, guiding him to shade and a water trough. She took a good look at the other animals in the stable. A few good looking horses. It didn't look like they had been here for very long as they drank the water with insatiable thirst. She carefully inspected one of them; it seemed as though the owner didn't bother to dust the sand off it's coat and mane, how careless. However, she was feeling quite dehydrated, so taking care of someone else's horse will have to wait.

Upon entering the building with the two wooden doors.. which didn't seem like doors and more like a piece of fence. She quickly scanned the room. It seemed quite busy. Noisy would be an appropriate descriptor. However, the smell of blood wafted strongly as she entered. She didn't look for the source due to her thirst, thus she ignored the dead orc altogether. [color=f7941d]"I would like.. A large mug of water."[/color] She requested simply as she sat down on a stool in front of the bar, removing the hood from her head. As asked, she was given a tankard filled with water which she gulped down gratefully.

Feriha couldn't help but feel a little trapped here. All around this town was desert and the scorching sun. She didn't really want to go back outside anytime soon, but she didn't really like it in here. The smell was disgusting.