Briseis | The Iliad (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} prizeofachilles) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} paradisolog, |
"I have been through worse things," she said, unwilling to allow herself to focus on the hardships of adapting to this time. She'd survived the fall of Lyrnessus, when the rest of her family had been slaughtered on the city gates. She'd survived years of sexual servitude with Achilles. She'd spent her nights tending to the dead and dying. No, there were certainly worse things than not understanding the technology of a new time.
When Amanda spoke, her eyes widened in amazement.
"You fly among the stars?"
It was a fantastic idea, but she had the feeing that the woman was telling the truth.