this world is a war [introduction]

[ladyless]

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[zhany_silver]

If Sansa is to take a walk at one point, she'll come across a young man clad in relatively simple grey and black. He's practicing his martial arts, and going trough a relatively complex series of katas.

Zhane is practicing in silence, and he'll be taking a break soon - when he does, he won't mind a bit of a chat.

Aaaaand I'm done flooding you. :P

[ladyless]

Sansa sees the young man from a distance--his moves remind her of the Braavos man, the one who taught Arya those silly sword tricks, she thinks.

She eventually heads towards him, her curiosity getting the better of her.

"Is that hard?" she asks.

[zhany_silver]

Zhane finishes his routine, then stretches and finally answers the question.

"It's practice," he says. "It's meant to be hard."

Pause.

"Hi."

[ladyless]

"Oh. Hello," she says politely. "What are you practicing for?"

[zhany_silver]

"To keep busy, mostly," Zhane replies. "It's healthy thing to do."

He wanders over to the place where he keeps water, has some, then asks, "We haven't met before, have we?"

[ladyless]

She shakes her head. "I'm new here. I'm Sansa."

[zhany_silver]

"I'm Zhane," he replies in a friendly way, and offers her his hand, though he's more likely to kiss the air above her knuckles than to shake it, it's canon.

"You alright?"

[ladyless]

She stares at his hand for a moment before holding her own out.

"I'm fine," she says. "Zhane's a strange name."

[zhany_silver]

"Maybe for earthlings," he replies. "Zhane's a pretty standard name on Karova."

[ladyless]

"...I don't know where that is."

[zhany_silver]

Zhane kisses the air above her knuckles, then returns her hand politely. "It doesn't matter," he says patiently. "Most people don't."

[ladyless]

"Why don't they know? Is it far away?"

[zhany_silver]

"Yes, very," Zhane replies. "Though I'm sure you come from a far away place too."

He smiles a little.

"You look like a princess."

[ladyless]

Sansa blushes. "I'm a lady of Winterfell, Lord Eddard Stark's daughter."

[zhany_silver]

"Well it's very nice to meet you, Lady Sansa," Zhane replies politely.

He has no idea who her father is, or where Winterfell is, but it sounds ~important~.

[ladyless]

"It's nice to meet you too," she says softly, smiling.