Newcomers in town....at least in part for one such as Joan.....

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 17353

Not surprisingly, given her lineage, Belinda doesn't want to miss the fun and is asking to be returned home only after those other tasks have been done.

Astra turns to the others with a trace of a smile on her face.

"You can tell she's a Thessamer," she said with a fond look, turning back to Belinda.

"Just one question before we agree to anything," Andrea says, interrupting anything further that might have been said (or anyone could commit anyone to anything before she could have some input on this matter).

Her ears quirk as she searches for a diplomatic way to ask this.

Would Belinda be under the same illusions of her prowess in battle as she'd been before that one fireball had driven home how wrong she'd been?

She'd been so foolish to have believed that nobody would dare attack her because of her being armed with a dagger (that she really had no training on how to use) and hoped that Belinda wasn't under the same illusions.

"She knows the way of the sword," Andrea 2 calls over from the side.

She and Belinda had discussed a lot over the course of things while recovering back in Nantucket, and the subject had come up.

Belinda's face colored a bit in embarrassment, despite herself. While no laws forbid woman from training in this area, it wasn't looked upon favorably by the men (and the other women....who felt it wasn't womanly to know how to use sword and armor)....

Her uncle and father had different theories, but kept it out of sight to not offend their peers.

Sometimes Belinda wished she could go to Terra Prime and live a different life, but then again her home was her home...despite all it's imperfections. That and the rest of her family was there as well....and she missed them dearly!

That said.....

Later.....

Joan

"....and of course we now have an extra hand in Belinda for our new quest," I say into the device for my memiors, "So we now stand upon the native soil of my world....."

I pause, looking around.

"The next step is to go into the last village I'd laid foot in ten years ago right before entering the Southern Cavern," I say, excitement in my voice, "That's in one measure of time. In another, it was only something like about a year ago....if that."

My death had only been recently confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt by my mourning family and thus, finally, my funeral arrange.....

Odd business, this....

"It is a sure bet that nobody shall know me," I say right before turning off the recording device.

I run a hand through my long hair, remembering that last night in the village. The last bar wench.....

Not even her, I sigh, thinking back upon my less than stellar ways....

"Changes like this makes one know the other side of things, eh?" I mutter to myself, sighing.

  1. Might even have to fight off some men who won't take no for an answer, I think as we ride into town.

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