when she was just a girl

[persequor]

Wʜᴏ: Arya and you
Wʜᴀᴛ: Exploring
Wʜᴇɴ: Today
Wʜᴇʀᴇ: Everywhere a curious kid can get into. You can set up the scene, just let me know where we're at!


[ Had it been anyone else but her mother explaining where they were and what to expect here, Arya would not have believed them. The concept was hard to understand much less swallow. But if there is someone in the world she still trusts wholeheartedly it is her mother. She would not lie to Arya. Not about something like this.

Thus after she found a moment to wander away from Catelyn, she decided to explore the castle, Needle at her side. If she was to be here for a while, she needs to know what can be found. She had always enjoyed discovering new places, talking to new people. Maybe a day to tire herself out was all she needed to sleep through the night again. ]

Comments

[persequor]

[ She speaks quickly as she tries to convince him. ]

I already know the basics. I'm good. I take my lessons seriously. I practise every day. All day if I can. But I need a teacher so I can get better.

[wilder]

Darling- kid-

[Jeeeeez]

That's great and all, but you don't even know my name. What makes you think I can teach you? There's a lot of swordsmen in this place.

[persequor]

You move like a Water Dancer. That's the style I was learning.

[wilder]

A what?

[persequor]

The Braavosi Water Dance. It's a style of sword fighting. Elegant and sudden. You move like they do.

[wilder]

Uh, right.

That still goes back to the part where you don't know me. How do you know I can even be trusted?

[persequor]

[ Matter-of-factly ]

You won't harm me.

[wilder]

Heh.

And what makes you so sure?

[persequor]

Nothing. [ She shrugs. ] I just know.

[wilder]

[He has a slight twist of the smirk at the corner of his mouth, before he goes back to his book]

I'm not interested in that ploy, thanks.

[persequor]

[ She scowls at him. ]

Why not? Is it because I'm a girl?

[wilder]

Nah, it's not that. I've seen plenty of girls fight.

[persequor]

Then why not?

[wilder]

Because it sounds like a pain...!

[persequor]

I've seen you two mornings in a row in the gardens. I'm not asking you to sacrifice your spare time. We can spar then, you tell me what to practise and we pick it up the next morning.

[wilder]

Oh. Well then lemme think about it...

No. ♥

[persequor]

[ She frowns at him. ]

[wilder]

[he meanwhile is going back to his book!]

[persequor]

[ She picks up her flowers with one last scowl at him. She will be waiting in the gardens for him. ]