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

In terms of what she'd been expecting to hear, nothing could be properly placed. Asterr had seen a sea before, and knew of what might come from living so near to one, leaving little room for surprises. Even still, she'd listened, her attention having never left the other female. It was her question that was being answered, after all, and she also did not wish to come off as being impolite; the mere thought of such nearly had the voices of her teachers coming back from the past to haunt her present self. Their reprimanding words and sharp tones—she did not dislike those who'd come before her, and respected all that they had done for her, but the corrections done unto her had never been forgotten.

Rather than living within the past, Asterr focused on what was currently before her. The time for thinking of her own home would come later, once she'd safely returned to the lair and was able to curl up within her favoured clearing. "If you do not mind my asking, what threats had you faced?" It had been a curious thing to hear, really, for she would have suspected that the sea was the greatest threat. The dragon that ruled it had days in which he was most unkind, leading to destruction and the deaths of those who'd been foolish enough to dare and challenge him. Such tales had been weaved into her memory so long ago, they'd become a part of her life. Not a major piece, exactly, but enough so that she found herself wishing to hear more after having received Thurin's answer.

While the topic of the sea was not something she'd so easily drop, moving it aside for a short while was not something that she was against. A conversation regarding dragons had arisen, successfully obtaining the girl's greatest portion of thought. "May I ask how your land obtained the name 'Sleeping Dragon', then?" It was her turn, then, for her brows to knit together—only slightly, of course—in confusion. Behind names, there often lived meanings. So if not for a dragon that might live atop it, then how else could the female's home have gained such an appellation?