Even if the lady, with her twisted dark horns and midnight outfit was oblivious to her surroundings, her surroundings weren't oblivious to her. In fact, she stood out like a sore thumb in comparison to the other residents in the village, and that made her very much of interest. Gabriel was very much enjoying her unseeing walk through Haurvatat's main streets, and he followed.
As the lady ended up back, almost, where she'd started, he tucked his hands into his pockets, approaching her from a few steps behind.
"It can be pretty disconcerting if you're not used to it." He said conversationally. "And I'm afraid people you know from where you come from might not be here. Sorry about that."
Maleficent turned and pulled back at the voice behind her. She saw a confident human (-seeming) man. Her hand tightened around her staff again and she held it out between them defensively... to hope any attack he might launch would hit the wood rather than her.
"Stay back." The firm words were betrayed by the fear-filled quaver with which they were delivered and the flinch in her posture.
The man held up his hands, a universal gesture that meant cool it lady and don't bash me with that stick. Honestly, Gabriel did not look frightening. His vessel was short, slightly chubby and really rather ordinary he didn't look like a threat.
"Just trying to be nice. After all, you re clearly not from these parts. None of us are." He explained. "This was all new to me a couple of months ago too."
He hadn't seen her arrive, but Annatar knew that the woman had only just come to the village. Besides her confusion and speaking to someone who wasn't there, he'd have noticed anyone who looked (inside and out) like her.
"Annatar, of Eregion. But this is not there. This is Haurvatat." He half-bowed. "Welcome."
"It is nothing like that village, I'm sure. It is a place outside of time and space as we know it where I come from. When those of us who were brought here look at the stars, no one can identify them." No one knows this place.
"It is called Haurvatat, as I said, but as far as I know, no one here has any idea of how to get here from other places. Magic brings us here, else technology so advanced it may as well be magic."
She has power and will not scoff at the use of the word magic, as some might. I've never met anyone with her sort of power before.
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As the lady ended up back, almost, where she'd started, he tucked his hands into his pockets, approaching her from a few steps behind.
"It can be pretty disconcerting if you're not used to it." He said conversationally. "And I'm afraid people you know from where you come from might not be here. Sorry about that."
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"Stay back." The firm words were betrayed by the fear-filled quaver with which they were delivered and the flinch in her posture.
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"Just trying to be nice. After all, you re clearly not from these parts. None of us are." He explained. "This was all new to me a couple of months ago too."
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Still wary of the treachery of humans, she asked, "What do you mean?"
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"Annatar, of Eregion. But this is not there. This is Haurvatat." He half-bowed. "Welcome."
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"Where am I? This looks nothing like the village around Stefan's castle..."
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"It is called Haurvatat, as I said, but as far as I know, no one here has any idea of how to get here from other places. Magic brings us here, else technology so advanced it may as well be magic."
She has power and will not scoff at the use of the word magic, as some might. I've never met anyone with her sort of power before.
That keeps happening.
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"But who? And why?" She clutched her staff to her chest.
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