A human lifespan, yes. We are human. As for my ears, they are not naturally pointed.
( Perhaps a confusing comment, and she pauses to deliberate whether or not to speak further. Perhaps she has committed to it, now. )
My ears were both rounded at my birth. One was rendered pointed by an enemy blade.
( To underline what she is, or perhaps what she is not. Her heartbeat picks up with the memory, and unseen as she is, Herian lays a hand on her chest as though to quieten it. Calmer.
To speak of the Alienage language is to calm herself, in a way. ) It means, If you want to live a life that is long, don't die.
( Alienage humour, perhaps. Take that, Dalish snobs with your longing for unnatural sounding immortality. )
cw brief ref to torture/mutilation
( Perhaps a confusing comment, and she pauses to deliberate whether or not to speak further. Perhaps she has committed to it, now. )
My ears were both rounded at my birth. One was rendered pointed by an enemy blade.
( To underline what she is, or perhaps what she is not. Her heartbeat picks up with the memory, and unseen as she is, Herian lays a hand on her chest as though to quieten it. Calmer.
To speak of the Alienage language is to calm herself, in a way. ) It means, If you want to live a life that is long, don't die.
( Alienage humour, perhaps. Take that, Dalish snobs with your longing for unnatural sounding immortality. )