[and then she pauses, hesitates. she's still holding the raven, and pets her absently.]
When I was born, the dragons had been gone for nearly a hundred and fifty years. But--other creatures, very clever ones, don't give themselves names, as such. They don't--have to tell anybody who they are. Names are how people think of the world. Even animals that know their names--they just know that's what people call them. It isn't theirs.
[she's never really had to put these things into words before, and she would have been afraid to try until very recently. she hopes it makes sense, and that she hasn't crushed allen's hope of learning his dragon's name.]
He should be able to learn his name, though. That is, what you want to call him. They were said to be clever, cleverer than horses.
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Ghost still is.
[and then she pauses, hesitates. she's still holding the raven, and pets her absently.]
When I was born, the dragons had been gone for nearly a hundred and fifty years. But--other creatures, very clever ones, don't give themselves names, as such. They don't--have to tell anybody who they are. Names are how people think of the world. Even animals that know their names--they just know that's what people call them. It isn't theirs.
[she's never really had to put these things into words before, and she would have been afraid to try until very recently. she hopes it makes sense, and that she hasn't crushed allen's hope of learning his dragon's name.]
He should be able to learn his name, though. That is, what you want to call him. They were said to be clever, cleverer than horses.
[which doesn't make training easier, exactly.]