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Fiona had to suppress a laugh, her face locked in an almost rictus grin as she saw the slight flicker in the other girl's eyes as she took in Nelly. Her outfit choice for the day had certainly been provoking a range of reactions from what she’d glimpsed so far. It was the little crease in her forehead that almost sent Fiona over the edge; there was just something quite amusing about the shock to the senses that Nelly often caused others. But it was gone almost as soon as it had appeared, and Fiona half-wondered if she’d imagined it. 

[color=a9c9eb]"No."[/color] The one-word response felt slightly dismissive, but her repulsed expression finally caused Fiona’s own to break into a true grin as she chuckled at the other girl’s distaste. Clearly, she was not a fan of whiskey, perhaps not even anything with even a whiff of alcoholic content to it in the slightest. Even as Fiona had made the offer, she hadn’t expected the other girl to accept, given she already had a cuppa in front of her, which she continued to slowly sip from in the lengthening silence that followed their initial greeting. 

Given that they’d intruded upon her solitude, Fiona had no desire to push, as she’d prefer to be left be had the situation been flipped on its head. So, she instead turned her focus to her tray of food; steak and ale pie, swede and potato mash, roast carrots, with a mountain of chips, all of which was drenched in gravy and vinegar that she tucked into with gusto. 

[color=a9c9eb]"Maylisse."[/color] Something about the accent struck Fiona as familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it with just the two words she’d been provided with so far, but it was different from others she’d heard around camp.  

Fiona had zoned out a little from her surroundings while she’d been eating, not having noticed how famished she was in the wake of their time in the arena. So, she’d missed anything that had been said by either of the others, but the sound of Maylisse’s fork clinking on the table suddenly brought her back to reality. She could almost picture how her mother would deal with her lapse in focus and felt an involuntary twitch at the memories of her vindictive punishments. 

[color=a9c9eb]"And your parentage? "[/color] The girl's tone was cold, impersonal and undeniably familiar to her now she’d heard more of it. [color=a9c9eb]"I find it useful to know who I am sharing a table with. In the broader sense."[/color] She couldn’t read much from Maylisse; she was too controlled for the most part, but the way she looked at them felt like she was weighing them up, measuring to see if they would be found wanting. Which was what Fiona supposed they all ought to be doing, and she did it enough herself.  

Well, when she wasn’t several bottles deep, wondering why she kept waking up in the morning, in any case. 

So, while the question had been clearly directed at Nelly before herself, there was a fierce desire bubbling up to answer it with a challenge, even if that would be far from helpful, let alone friendly. But a little rivalry, friendly or not, felt suddenly warranted. 

Fiona couldn’t help herself and jumped in with an answer herself first, though an unhelpful one at that. [color=024B30]"You first, English. Me granda would have me hide if I gave out anything for free to one of ya, not without a fight.”[/color] Her grin had returned while she was speaking, and lasted throughout till when she’d finished and scrunched up her face into one of mock seriousness. She then gave the other girl a wink before her crooked smile returned. 

[color=024B30]"As fer sharing a table, we all be bastards here together, aren’t we, aye?”[/color] She picked up her whiskey, drained it and poured herself another while she waited for a response.

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