Now she does laugh at him. His isn't an uncommon perspective, especially from someone who didn't have elders of every age around to compare, but it's funny. "What are you, sixteen?"
The world of being outside of the simple coin-flip that's how so many housefolk think of gender can get a lot more complicated than she's letting on but she should stick to one revelation at a time. She'll give Guts this, he doesn't get derailed into thinking a whole lot about what's in Lashan's pants, which is just one of those perils of reading minds that she's learned to live with.
Lashan shrugs and tries offering an opportunity to change the subject. "Aah, I had a good youth all in all. Harder than my little Sisters in the enclave, I think. We were nomads always moving our herds and flocks about. If she was a Plains girl Vena would've trained a horse already and be working on her sling and spear, so she could keep wolves off. There's a bit more excitement in that than in a remote compound, even without the inter-Clan raiding."
She can sense... some of the wildlife ahead is cautious, just as the birds and beasts near the two riders are made more cautious by the presence of humans and horses. Her immediate thought is another Mind-seeker who can shield themselves, but it might not be so, Lashan's not close enough to be sure without closing her eyes and focusing on the world. There's nothing to see or hear yet, but she straightens in the saddle and takes her strung bow from its leather holster.
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The world of being outside of the simple coin-flip that's how so many housefolk think of gender can get a lot more complicated than she's letting on but she should stick to one revelation at a time. She'll give Guts this, he doesn't get derailed into thinking a whole lot about what's in Lashan's pants, which is just one of those perils of reading minds that she's learned to live with.
Lashan shrugs and tries offering an opportunity to change the subject. "Aah, I had a good youth all in all. Harder than my little Sisters in the enclave, I think. We were nomads always moving our herds and flocks about. If she was a Plains girl Vena would've trained a horse already and be working on her sling and spear, so she could keep wolves off. There's a bit more excitement in that than in a remote compound, even without the inter-Clan raiding."
She can sense... some of the wildlife ahead is cautious, just as the birds and beasts near the two riders are made more cautious by the presence of humans and horses. Her immediate thought is another Mind-seeker who can shield themselves, but it might not be so, Lashan's not close enough to be sure without closing her eyes and focusing on the world. There's nothing to see or hear yet, but she straightens in the saddle and takes her strung bow from its leather holster.