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[hr][indent][color=26adc0]"Practiced?"[/color] Annifer asked, shifting the wooden shaft between her hands. Her gaze turned from the tall boy to the tool, carefully analyzing the old, rusted blemishes that now overtook the once shiny prongs. [color=26adc0]"Only in shoveling hay, I suppose. My father would've refused me the chance to fight, much less had the coin for the training."[/color]

The peasant girl pushed the ferrule into the mud, and returned her gaze to the boy.

[color=26adc0]"I believe we're alike. Two peas in a pod, as old Dorcas used to say."[/color] Annifer continued. [color=26adc0]"Two strangers, both adventuring in the unknown. Are we over our heads? Maybe, but perhaps that is what makes this all worth it."[/color]

Annifer offered the boy a calm smile. 

[color=26adc0]"Forgive me, though. I haven't yet caught your name, [i]friend[/i]. My folks call me Annifer. You?"[/color]

As Annifer awaited the boy's response, however, her attention was suddenly drawn elsewhere. Her ears had overheard, and her eyes drifted across the field in search. [i]Ariesca[/i]—someone had seen her, but where?

It hadn't been long before Annifer had her answer. Long, vibrant red hair that danced in the air. Eyes the color of exquisite Hahralian silk shone against the sun. All aided by a disposition one anger could never rise against.

And clearly, as far as Annifer could see, with a sweet tooth to boot.


[color=26adc0]"I apologize."[/color] She explained, clearing her throat. [color=26adc0]"I have some matters to attend to, but I look forward to meeting you again. Perhaps later you could teach me that move from before. What say you?"[/color]

Regardless of what the boy had to say, Annifer nonetheless left him behind with a friendly farewell. Hurrying off in the direction of Lady Ariesca, she hoped to catch up with the noble before she could disappear from her sight.[/indent]