[quote=Iluvatar]
But if she is a water-based creature, like Andrej and Gideon, surely she should live in a bath or something? Both I and Andrej have watery sleeping-areas.
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Even though she's capable of harnessing water and swimming, Ajala is still a land-dweller. In the Indian, Hindu and Buddhist legend, of which Ajala is based from, Nagas and Naginis don't necessarily live in the bodies of water they protect. That would be a more apt description for the myth in other countries, such as Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia.