Renata sends owls: to Gillian Bellever and to Sidney Reilly

[renata-leynier.livejournal.com]

It was curious, Renata thought, that whatever enchantment made her speech comprehensible to others and theirs to her, this enchantment also seemed operative on the words she wrote. Concepts that did not translate well remained in the original casta of the Domains. Those were few, and mainly had to do with the terminology surrounding the use of laran. The rest flowed onto the page in what Renata knew must be neither casta nor cahuenga nor any of the dialects of the Hellers, yet somehow made sense to her as though it were one of these.

Parchment and quill were familiar to her hand. She wrote simply, opting to eschew the formalities of a comynara; they were unwieldy and they likely would not translate well. Finally she tied each message to the leg of an owl. As she released them, she marveled at the birds' biddable nature -- and wondered why there was here no hawkmaster to ensure they remained so biddable.

( owl to Gillian Bellever )

( owl to Sidney Reilly )

Her messages sent, she looked out the window of the Owlery tower to the courtyard below. There she had something of an appointment to keep; and keep it she did, before replies could be written or received.

Owl to Laurie

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((I'm stil on hiatus and will be for two more weeks, but I thought you'd like another update on my characters.))

( Owl to Laurie, lightly warded )