It was a lengthy one. It wasn't that he didn't understand the gist of her explanation - he did - it was that it made no sense and it was not unlike the feeling he got when he got Laurent started on science and got him talking about something-or-another. There was a great deal that flew over his head and he knew it, but he wasn't sure if it was because there was some fundamental difference or if...she...was just crazy. The wild hand gestures didn't help although Owain made them on occasion, he knew, so he wasn't going to judge on that part.]
...book? [It sounds important somehow. Some malevolent curse befouling her land, perhaps.] ...and what if your story involves defying destiny? You know, the gods ordain that you are to suffer and you strive for a better tomorrow! There's plenty of stories like that. [There's just so much that...just...that...wow.] I don't get why the book is so impo- are you cursed? Is your land suffering under some kind of foul hex cast by that evil queen?
It's cool, I once wrote three paragraphs that could be summed up as 'he shrugged.'
It was a lengthy one. It wasn't that he didn't understand the gist of her explanation - he did - it was that it made no sense and it was not unlike the feeling he got when he got Laurent started on science and got him talking about something-or-another. There was a great deal that flew over his head and he knew it, but he wasn't sure if it was because there was some fundamental difference or if...she...was just crazy. The wild hand gestures didn't help although Owain made them on occasion, he knew, so he wasn't going to judge on that part.]
...book? [It sounds important somehow. Some malevolent curse befouling her land, perhaps.] ...and what if your story involves defying destiny? You know, the gods ordain that you are to suffer and you strive for a better tomorrow! There's plenty of stories like that. [There's just so much that...just...that...wow.] I don't get why the book is so impo- are you cursed? Is your land suffering under some kind of foul hex cast by that evil queen?