Deportment Lessons ~ by SaralynArati

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10 years ago

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This does not sound so sinister until one reflects that she, Smoke Cat Watching, is to have absolutely no say in the matter. Ever. She has, of course, already tried climbing the garden walls, but even were they not slick as ice, they lead back into other parts of Silver Dagger's home. And when she tests the handle of the main door in the evening, it is always locked with a spell complicated enough to keep her in until her father can arrive. Not knowing what else to do, the shaman dances.

10 years ago

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On the third morning she stops simply reacting like a filly being groomed and broken to bridle and asks herself why? So that she will not embarrass the family is insufficient reason when the same end could be achieved by just sending her packing. No, fillies are groomed for show. In this culture, she will never do the equivalent of use her own magic to race, so the only thing left... is to breed. Smoke Cat is getting an intensive course on how to be a good little bride, wife, and mother.

10 years ago

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She is taught the rudiments of how to make up her own face and achieve several different complex hairstyles, although it is likely that she will always have a servant to do this last chore. They pierce her ears, which, after the first biting pain, is more of a nuisance. Whenever she becomes recalcitrant, mention of her father silences her. Since that first dinner, Smoke Cat has not seen him, but conversation with her siblings is still next to impossible, although they look wistful about this.

10 years ago

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Deportment, the shaman soon realizes, is her father's code word for abject submission while maintaining the appearance of grace. Silver Dagger's every whim is to be immediately obeyed, without falter. In the meanwhile she balances objects on her head to teach her poise and how to limit her physical freedom to tiny mincing, but gliding, steps. And then there are her creams, and lotions, and medications, to try to repair the damages wrought by life spent on the plains and largely in the saddle.

10 years ago

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Everything is NOT all right, but it may be that she can talk her way out of this, or that the situation will resolve by the week's end. Definitely, she does not want to involve Jonas any further in her troubles unless it truly cannot be helped. Therefore Smoke Cat Watching sends a calm dove to perch on his shoulder. No dove will have come at all last night; she simply had no opportunity. However, hopefully, Jonas will not fly off the handle until he receives this morning's information bird.

10 years ago