"Just Zoya," he repeats, though it is still strange to just…use a name. Sure, he gave just his, but that's not the point. Trying to fit in in a strange place takes some concessions, and he's managing. Mostly.
He listens to what she says, looks sideways to watch her reaction. Dismissive. The phoenix, just a story. It's another oddity to him. Is it the same where other people come from? He would have never been able to dream of another world at all, let alone one so different.
He looks back up at the sky for a moment, quiet, considering how much to say. In a place where he has barely met anyone yet, he wouldn't want to sound like a madman and push away a potential ally.
He's too honest, in the end.
"Yes. The Phoenix is quite real where I come from, a powerful creature akin to a deity. They're called Eikons. Phoenix isn't the only one; there are eight that the history tells of, though one has been lost to us, and recently we have…discovered that another exists. In some places they are revered, in others, feared and thought unnatural. Each one chooses a person, a Dominant, that they grant their power to. Dominants can use the Eikon's power in various ways, though…most of us just use it to destroy each other, it seems." The us is unmistakable, and so is the bitterness that laces the last bit of his words.
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He listens to what she says, looks sideways to watch her reaction. Dismissive. The phoenix, just a story. It's another oddity to him. Is it the same where other people come from? He would have never been able to dream of another world at all, let alone one so different.
He looks back up at the sky for a moment, quiet, considering how much to say. In a place where he has barely met anyone yet, he wouldn't want to sound like a madman and push away a potential ally.
He's too honest, in the end.
"Yes. The Phoenix is quite real where I come from, a powerful creature akin to a deity. They're called Eikons. Phoenix isn't the only one; there are eight that the history tells of, though one has been lost to us, and recently we have…discovered that another exists. In some places they are revered, in others, feared and thought unnatural. Each one chooses a person, a Dominant, that they grant their power to. Dominants can use the Eikon's power in various ways, though…most of us just use it to destroy each other, it seems." The us is unmistakable, and so is the bitterness that laces the last bit of his words.