06-11-2014, 11:52 AM
Tehya was glad for the silent walk, not because she was unsocial but because she had little idea of what to say. Instead she was aware of her own emotions, desiring not to be over potent to the furia, but equally curious as to what the woman read from her. She glanced over the contents of the room, satisfied at the privacy. Aria wasted no time in preamble, for which Tehya was gratified. "You asked to see me to sate your curiosity."
Though her voice lilted at the end it was not much a question. Somehow she doubted it represented the whole truth, though there was nothing accusatory in her pointing it out, just acknowledgement. She had expected it to come up sooner or later.
Despite that, she had no planned answer in mind. Her reasons of course cut very close to secrets she had no plans to share, secrets that were dangerous for her to share, but only contemplation touched her expression, not fear. The seriousness was ingrained in her, and she folded her arms while she framed an answer, watching Aria with dark eyes. Aria who had revealed herself and the Atharim to a civilian. Who had killed one of the ijiraq. A little hope leaked into her stoicism, for a number of reasons, though the hard lines of her face never changed. There was a pronounced difference between the woman on the surface, and the one within.
"We are taught to kill before we ask questions. I consider it a dangerous philosophy. A thousand years indoctrination does not make something right."
She had a feeling the words would resonate. Hoped they would anyway; the thought of an ally in the darkness of Moscow, now that she was presented with the slimest possibility of one, hovered with premature but pervasive relief. If Aria picked up on that lonliness there was not much she could do about it, and she was too proud to pull her gaze away from the furia and her revealing senses.
"It's been 70 odd years since the last trials into rougarou behaviour. They were human once, they deserve the chance."
Not that it had in this instance worked out, but Tehya's determination was firm despite that it walked a controversial line, one she did not think would please the Regus if he were to find out. After all, the gods were also human; it was a potentially dangerous opinion to share. Still, she trusted Aria because she needed to trust someone, and the woman had already proved amenable to doing things her own way. It was worth the risk. "If you wish to see the research I can send it to you. Do you think it might be useful to your own research?"
Though her voice lilted at the end it was not much a question. Somehow she doubted it represented the whole truth, though there was nothing accusatory in her pointing it out, just acknowledgement. She had expected it to come up sooner or later.
Despite that, she had no planned answer in mind. Her reasons of course cut very close to secrets she had no plans to share, secrets that were dangerous for her to share, but only contemplation touched her expression, not fear. The seriousness was ingrained in her, and she folded her arms while she framed an answer, watching Aria with dark eyes. Aria who had revealed herself and the Atharim to a civilian. Who had killed one of the ijiraq. A little hope leaked into her stoicism, for a number of reasons, though the hard lines of her face never changed. There was a pronounced difference between the woman on the surface, and the one within.
"We are taught to kill before we ask questions. I consider it a dangerous philosophy. A thousand years indoctrination does not make something right."
She had a feeling the words would resonate. Hoped they would anyway; the thought of an ally in the darkness of Moscow, now that she was presented with the slimest possibility of one, hovered with premature but pervasive relief. If Aria picked up on that lonliness there was not much she could do about it, and she was too proud to pull her gaze away from the furia and her revealing senses.
"It's been 70 odd years since the last trials into rougarou behaviour. They were human once, they deserve the chance."
Not that it had in this instance worked out, but Tehya's determination was firm despite that it walked a controversial line, one she did not think would please the Regus if he were to find out. After all, the gods were also human; it was a potentially dangerous opinion to share. Still, she trusted Aria because she needed to trust someone, and the woman had already proved amenable to doing things her own way. It was worth the risk. "If you wish to see the research I can send it to you. Do you think it might be useful to your own research?"