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Things certainly had changed, hadn't they?

There were things that she had never seen before - the people were dressed in such odd clothing (or, maybe, she was the one dressed oddly to them?) and they all smelled so strange. They were so unlike the scents of the people she had met and befriended all those many years ago in Nippon - all those people

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[bigorangejacket]

Jude wasn't exactly used to unexpected visitors, but he'd learned not to show that after a few months living in Halim. People came from all over, hearing that there was a peaceful settlement somewhere far from the cities.

An unexpected visitor in what looked like a theater costume, with fuzzy ears, though... well. He couldn't conceal his surprise at that - or at the fact that she seemed to be homing in on him.

"Can I help you with something?"

[illuminatism]

She stops in mid-step, just short of the boy, and ears seem to twitch in thoughtful wonder. It is a little hard not to stare and take his appearance in: a jacket a little bigger than it should be on someone like him and it was such an interesting color too! Plus his hair reminded her somewhat of Oki's, at least the color did.

Personal space was about to be invaded, as Amaterasu was the type who really did not quite understand the meaning of such things. It helped that he was a little shorter than herself though, even if he had been taller, it wouldn't have kept her from leaning in to get a better look at him. (And maybe even take in his scent in a very subtle motion

[bigorangejacket]

Perhaps luckily and perhaps unluckily for Tall Pale and Fluffy-haired here, Jude is a chatterbox. "Well, um, if you're new and you want to stay here you should probably talk to Archibald - we just had an election, and he's the mayor now, so I guess he gets to say who stays and who goes," he says, not even realizing that he's stepped backwards just a bit while doing so.

He has a few issues about his personal space being invaded by people who aren't Yulie Ahtreide without warning. It's a small few, though, when the person doing so is a pretty woman standing in front of him.

"Anyway... I'm Jude!" A grin. "What's your name?"

[illuminatism]

She had noticed the step back but her expression and body language did not relay such things; instead, her Amaterasu's lips purse and her brows furrow together for a moment of thoughts. Ar-chi-bahld? What an odd sounding name that was. It was weird on the tongue but -- no no! She shakes her head in attempt to get her thoughts back on track.

The only thing she would be to see this Archibald about is getting back home and maybe a hot meal before that but until then, she could amuse some time with this boy. Who called himself Jude.

"Ah." She points to herself, eyes widening slightly, when he asks for her name. My name? It was very rare these days that she came across such cute children with some sort of manners. They seemed to be more into themselves than they did respect for their elders

[bigorangejacket]

For a crazy panicked instant Jude had been afraid this woman was going for a weapon, but that was just silly. She'd looked surprised, not angry. She ended up pulling out a scroll and a paintbrush... and -

"You can't talk?!"

Okay, that was way louder than he'd meant it to be. "Sorry," he says, ducking his head. "I... well, I haven't met many people who can't. Hi... Amaterasu."

He pronounces it horribly, in the way only an English-speaker with some training in Latin could. But he looks up at her, questioningly, not sure if it would be rude to ask someone who couldn't talk if he'd said it right.

[illuminatism]

Unless imminent or some sort of danger was present, she would never have thought of pulling out her weapon - whether it be Thunder Edge, Divine Retribution or the Exorcism Beads - on a young boy.

But silver-white ears fall flat against the back of Amaterasu's head as he speaks and they only move forward when his voice softens and hits a relatively normal tone. That had definitely hurt - even if she was appearing in front of people in the form of a young woman, she still retained some of her animal senses.

She smiles then.

He had definitely mangled her name, but it was not as though she was anywhere near Nippon. The towns and villages she had come across were alien and foreign and it was common sense (despite the fact that there were times when it seemed as though she had none of that) to see that. The goddess' expression and body language says it all: it's alright, she was not upset in the least.