[Elayne pauses. Waits. Eyes the woman who has laid a hand on her. People don't really do that. This is... new.
In a way, it's an odd sort of liberating. The same unexpected feeling that had taken hold when she'd arrived at the White Tower and realized that not only was she to be living in the novice quarters with the other novices, to do all the same chores as the other novices, make friends with the other novices, but that they'd gotten rid of all the fancy bedding and furnishings that her mother had sent along with her. The feeling of being just a regular girl.
She almost smiles.
Almost.
When the woman releases her, she returns to her task, careful not to let the water touch her as she collects a few drops in the vial.]
We haven't been properly introduced yet, have we? I'm Elayne Trakand.
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In a way, it's an odd sort of liberating. The same unexpected feeling that had taken hold when she'd arrived at the White Tower and realized that not only was she to be living in the novice quarters with the other novices, to do all the same chores as the other novices, make friends with the other novices, but that they'd gotten rid of all the fancy bedding and furnishings that her mother had sent along with her. The feeling of being just a regular girl.
She almost smiles.
Almost.
When the woman releases her, she returns to her task, careful not to let the water touch her as she collects a few drops in the vial.]
We haven't been properly introduced yet, have we? I'm Elayne Trakand.