Jade Fern Grove as you turn, take your heart and walk away

The troubles that had been plaguing her had since been forgotten, the stranger serving as an adequate distraction. Of course, that was not the only thing the dragoness viewed her as, for doing so seemed like a terrible thing. To look upon others only with eyes that sought out that which they could be used for was something she was incapable of doing, for never before had she tried. Within her birth tribe, to be so selfish was practically a taboo, those who went against the unspoken rule being, silently, looked down upon. Being who she was and serving the purpose she did meant that Asterr was the least likely to grow so manipulative, for that particular way of thinking had been drilled into her practically since her moment of birth.

Just as the yearling had done, the other spoke first of the place she'd been born. That in itself, the story for why she'd left, was another thing that inspired curiosity, but the two had yet to reach the point at which the Draconid felt it appropriate to ask such personal questions. And so, instead, her attention was given to the response of what she had felt comfortable questioning. "If you don't mind my asking, what might the sea you were born near be like?" She had mentioned it being up north, so did that mean it was especially frigid? Frozen, even? It was a silly thought, she'd realized soon after, that an entire ocean might freeze. Such an occurrence seemed impossible, but for reasons she couldn't quite explain.

Oh, the next part of the answer. To Thuringwethil, perhaps it was nothing more than a name given for no particular reason. For Asterr, however, there had to be a more complex reason for why a place might have been bestowed with such a name. "Does a dragon reside atop your mountain?" The question was genuine, her tone of voice being enough to make that obvious. Her family's tribe had possessed a dragon—Draco, the very same that she'd been born the vessel of—and her own had also made a pact with one. They were all around, their spirits having chosen to linger long after their physical bodies had faded away, so it did not seem too far-fetched as to believe that another place within Teekon might be the home of one.