[If there is one thing that Hayame wanted to hear from others, now, despite her personal distaste for interacting with... what seemed like most all people... It was their experience with the iliachtida. She does not know enough about magic to tell for sure if some spell or ability could peer into her mind and hypothesize images to convince her that she was being shown her world. Could it know what her brother Yubari had been doing? Could it show her what other jinba in that hidden village had been up to while she was elsewhere?
She did not know. But for some reason, she still feels vindicated by the simplest of things, like when her fellow former-Pleroma confirms that it had been a bird's eye view that showed him more than his own eyes had observed. Enough so that for a moment she lets herself just eat rather than address business, tearing, chewing, swallowing, before... He seems to suggest she should just pledge herself to the Tribune in name only for the sake of coin and comfort.
Her stance tightens again, the brief moment of "relaxation" vanishing as she looks across at him over the ears of his horse.]
Is your loyalty so cheap as-
[So cheap as that? So worthless? But she has just enough presence of mind to know that... he has done her a favor. She is the one in his debt, now, even if was unasked for. She is supposed to be...]
You would have me sell my pride to the nearest bidder?
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She did not know. But for some reason, she still feels vindicated by the simplest of things, like when her fellow former-Pleroma confirms that it had been a bird's eye view that showed him more than his own eyes had observed. Enough so that for a moment she lets herself just eat rather than address business, tearing, chewing, swallowing, before... He seems to suggest she should just pledge herself to the Tribune in name only for the sake of coin and comfort.
Her stance tightens again, the brief moment of "relaxation" vanishing as she looks across at him over the ears of his horse.]
Is your loyalty so cheap as-
[So cheap as that? So worthless? But she has just enough presence of mind to know that... he has done her a favor. She is the one in his debt, now, even if was unasked for. She is supposed to be...]
You would have me sell my pride to the nearest bidder?
[Her half sandwich is gone.]