She could have cursed herself thrice over for letting her interest be that obvious, but that was best saved for when she was alone. Self recriminations had no place on a battlefield and she still wasn't sure if this would become one.
"The mortal kind of immortal?" she asked, clearly not believing it. "No mortal has ears like that, and the way you just appeared is no mortal magic." she considered, and managed to not frown, but once again it was a near thing. "Are you a god or a god-born?" she asked, voice and face still even and calm.
That could explain it. God-borns were the stuff of legends. But the Gods mucked about in human affairs all the time. She knew there were rumours that her hero, the Lioness, had only won her shield because she was chosen by the Goddess, but Keladry didn't believe it for a moment.
She did know, however, that if she got mixed up with a God's kid... they'd whisper worse about her just as a page. She could handle the whispering. But if he cost her her chance to be a knight.... she'd never forgive him. Ever.
Re: need better shield icons
"The mortal kind of immortal?" she asked, clearly not believing it. "No mortal has ears like that, and the way you just appeared is no mortal magic." she considered, and managed to not frown, but once again it was a near thing. "Are you a god or a god-born?" she asked, voice and face still even and calm.
That could explain it. God-borns were the stuff of legends. But the Gods mucked about in human affairs all the time. She knew there were rumours that her hero, the Lioness, had only won her shield because she was chosen by the Goddess, but Keladry didn't believe it for a moment.
She did know, however, that if she got mixed up with a God's kid... they'd whisper worse about her just as a page. She could handle the whispering. But if he cost her her chance to be a knight.... she'd never forgive him. Ever.