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Ayla of No People (_ayla_) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-08-09 09:53:00

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ayla, complete, day 10, yvaine

Day 10
Who: Yvaine & Ayla
What: Healing Session
When: Mid Morning
Where: Yvaine's Room
Rating: G
Status: Finished

Ayla woke early, though it was hard to tell with the storm still raging outside. Sitting up on her bed, she looked around the dark cave. Sparse light filtered in through the singular window at the back. She'd never had a window in her cave in the valley, and that was only one of the differences between this cave and that one. Still, it was more familiar than a room such as Rusty's was to her.

She crawled to the firepit where she'd banked her fire and built it up again. She needed to make some tea for Yvaine and get it to her. The dressing on her leg probably needed to be changed as well. She would prepare everything and then take it with her to the star woman's room. She boiled willow bark and snake root for the tea. Instead of the snake root going on the outside, it was going to heal from the inside.

It would still take several weeks before it was completely healed, but Ayla was sure she would be able to walk with no problems at all. As the water for the tea boiled, she cleaned herself up and put on a new wrap. Being in a cave with a fire always made her smell a little smoky. Not unpleasant, just... outdoorsy. She plaited her long blond hair back in a single braid down her back and went back for the tea.

With soaked leather, dry gauze and tea in hand, she left her room and headed to Yvaine's second story room. She shifted everything in her arms in order to knock on the door.

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_ayla_
2008-08-17 11:54 pm UTC (link)

She glanced up, her blue eyes widened slightly. She had to think about the best way to answer the woman's question. "I do not think I was revered, although the position itself is very highly revered." It was difficult to explain the reasoning behind that remark without going into a lot of detail. "May I start at the beginning so that I can truly explain to you?" She waited for consent before continuing.

"I was born to parents I do not remember. When I was very young, five years they said, there was an earthquake. It destroyed my home and separated me from my family. I walked for a long time, but I was so young, and I didn't know how to care for myself. I was thirsty and hungry and tired." As Ayla spoke, she used her hands. It was a long habit borne of living with people who did not speak verbally.

"I was attacked by a cave lion, and even though I escaped, my wound was severe and I collapsed." She lifted the hem of her wrap to show the four parallel scars from the lion's claws on her left thigh. "Iza found me, and she cared for me even thought I was one of the Others and not Clan. I lived with them for many years. Nine, I think. Iza was the medicine woman and she did not have a mate, but she had a daughter, Uba. She taught me and Uba to be the new medicine woman when she passed."

She paused for a moment, thinking of Iza and Uba brought painful memories. She missed them very much. "In the Clan, there is status. Clan leader has highest status. Then Mog-ur and then Medicine Woman. Normally, the leader's mate has highest status among women, but not if there is a medicine woman of Iza's line. I was a medicine woman of Iza's line and therefore highest status among women. But, it was not me that they revered as much as the position. I am of the Others, and different."

She hoped that she was making sense, and not rambling too much. She looked up at the star woman to check for her reaction.

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