Anyway. There's no reason for her to lie here — there are plenty like her here, plucked from another world entirely. Apparently the man in front of her is one of the supposed Fluxdrifts, too. Somewhere further than a Shard, from the looks of it, which means that the name Etheirys means nothing to him.
— But that doesn't mean there's a reason for her to tell the truth, either.
It's a whim, mostly. Just to see if she can get away with it. For all the fun she's having, the likelihood that she'll ever meet this particular man again isn't very high. There's a whole air about him that seems to be desperate for familiarity. It seems a little cruel, but— ]
Rather presumptuous of you, isn't it? I am a tiefling. [ It's not the worst lie she's ever told. There's a gentle tap of her horn with her pointer finger, as if to prove the point. A wink, if he's watching. ] Just not where you're from, apparently. Perhaps the name is a coincidence, or— [ She shrugs. ] we were on opposite sides of an ocean. [ She's going out on a limb. Maybe she's being the one presumptuous, thinking other planets have oceans; but surely other living beings also need water to survive... ]
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Anyway. There's no reason for her to lie here — there are plenty like her here, plucked from another world entirely. Apparently the man in front of her is one of the supposed Fluxdrifts, too. Somewhere further than a Shard, from the looks of it, which means that the name Etheirys means nothing to him.
— But that doesn't mean there's a reason for her to tell the truth, either.
It's a whim, mostly. Just to see if she can get away with it. For all the fun she's having, the likelihood that she'll ever meet this particular man again isn't very high. There's a whole air about him that seems to be desperate for familiarity. It seems a little cruel, but— ]
Rather presumptuous of you, isn't it? I am a tiefling. [ It's not the worst lie she's ever told. There's a gentle tap of her horn with her pointer finger, as if to prove the point. A wink, if he's watching. ] Just not where you're from, apparently. Perhaps the name is a coincidence, or— [ She shrugs. ] we were on opposite sides of an ocean. [ She's going out on a limb. Maybe she's being the one presumptuous, thinking other planets have oceans; but surely other living beings also need water to survive... ]