Katherine chuckled at Livia's comment about the "ominous title" that she held. Well, at least this one wasn't too hard to explain. "I suppose the first part is that people like to think witches and old hermits live in dark spooky woods. Which, as a matter of fact, I did. A very dark, very magical woods. Not to say I didn't see the sunlight, just not as often as I would have liked." Before continuing she made a wide gesture to her numerous, facially blank dolls that stood around the room. Some of them looked at her and cocked their head slightly as she made such a weird movement. "My father, well, I guess 'Master' would be a bit more correct. . . Anyhow, he taught me this ability and told me I had a great natural talent for what he does. Binding the souls of the dead into these normally inanimate bodies."
Katherine gave a loving look over all of the small dolls that were spread about before continuing her story. "So I got the "dark" part from how dark people thought my magic can be. The name spread, but hey, people back home know me by that so I can usually find help every now and then from people that recognized it from friends. In fact, one of them suggested me to this school." With a smile she looked over the headmistress with an inquisitive look before giving a light smile and speaking once more. "So I suppose unless you find my abilities 'dark' as well, then you have little to worry about. I've no plans to do anything especially malicious. I say especially since people tend to think that binding spirits to dolls as I do to be somewhat malicious." She had little else to say on the subject so she merely felt she needed to ask, "Did you suspect me of being in a dark and evil circle of mages or something?" The puppeteer just had to ask. If the headmistress had any weird thoughts running through her head, then they needed to be expelled quickly.
Katherine gave a loving look over all of the small dolls that were spread about before continuing her story. "So I got the "dark" part from how dark people thought my magic can be. The name spread, but hey, people back home know me by that so I can usually find help every now and then from people that recognized it from friends. In fact, one of them suggested me to this school." With a smile she looked over the headmistress with an inquisitive look before giving a light smile and speaking once more. "So I suppose unless you find my abilities 'dark' as well, then you have little to worry about. I've no plans to do anything especially malicious. I say especially since people tend to think that binding spirits to dolls as I do to be somewhat malicious." She had little else to say on the subject so she merely felt she needed to ask, "Did you suspect me of being in a dark and evil circle of mages or something?" The puppeteer just had to ask. If the headmistress had any weird thoughts running through her head, then they needed to be expelled quickly.