"Now", she said with a blush and a slight shake of her head when Lady Elyna told her that she was perfectly herself, "you sound like Padraig. I am learning, is all. It is a very different reality to be in, Lady Elyna." Whilst that was undeniable, it was a good one, her gaze, her expression, everything about Faith sung out the truth of that. For all that it did, though, Faith was still herself and she lifted her lips in a crooked, quirked smile. "However, I promise that it will not go to my head and I will remain steadfastly myself."
The movement, though, the breaking free, was delightful to Faith. Breaking out of that move, out of this mold, was so important to her, she knew that. Not being the person who stood and allowed that to happen, but who broke free. That was who she wanted to be, who she was determined she would be. She repeated the move as instructed and she looked at Elyna with a real depth of emotion in her eyes. "I never considered that I would break free from that. Thank you."
She took hold of Elyna's wrist as instructed, and Faith's hand was warm. The camp was freezing, she'd had her hands in water and wore no gloves, but the young woman was warm to the touch. Feeling the cold of Lady Elyna's wrist as she took hold of it, Faith glanced down and realised. "I feel warm all the time", she explained and touched the tattoo on the wrist of the hand which had just reached out to Elyna. Should Elyna have pulled back, surprised, from that touch, Faith would not react. It would not be too surprising in truth. "I was raised in service to Famula. Trained to be a slave in Her name. In freedom, I choose Her as I always have and She put that to mark the choice I make. She blessed me with a number of gifts and I made my vow. So, I'm warm, all the time." She looked at Lady Elyna with a curious expression on her face. What would her friend say to that?
"It's how I knew about his race." Her voice was quiet as she explained that. "He has no blood. I can keep mine warm", which was a real boon to the invariably wrapped-up and freezing former slave, "and I can sense it in others. There are other things, too. I can look at someone and see the truth of them, who they are and who or what they serve in their heart and soul. I would never do that to you, or Ser Malcolm. But I could, if you wished it, to someone whose loyalty was in doubt." It was a lot of information and there was more still to say, but she paused and waited to see what Lady Elyna thought.
