Kura cocked her head to the side as Faith said that it was her bad idea to make, then grinned as she said she'd talk to Padraig about it. "I have every trust in him." she said, grinning slightly. Padraig could convince Faith it was a bad idea, Kura was certain of that.
"Thought you might." she said when Faith said she liked the ideas on how to strengthen the invocation. She fell silent as Faith spoke to Cally, evidently answering a question. Cally, for her part, grinned widely when Faith said that Padraig could see her now, but didn't speak. It appeared that the ghost was, in fact, happy to use non-verbal means of expressing herself from time to time. However, Kura had put together what Cally had likely asked Faith. "Talkin' about how I usually know where she is now? You're right, I feel Cally as a...warm spot. Like the warmth of her heart is still goin', even without a body." she said, smiling slightly. "If she means how I keep indicatin' where she's at by pokin' her in the nose, that's fairly simple."
Kura turned in her seat to look at where Cally was, the ghost looking back at the Mortalborn in curiosity. "You're 5'5", and you hated gettin' sore feet, so you were always wearin' shoes with cushioned soles, addin' an extra inch to your height. You also have an average length nose, but you lean forward slightly, pretty much all the time." Kura said, before smiling slightly before turning back to the table and looking at the menus Katie had brought. After a moment, she frowned. "And stop tuggin' at your earlobe, you'll pull the scar tissue." she said, irritably. Cally, who had been doing exactly that, pulled her hand away in shock.
After a moment, however, she looked at Faith again. "She does know I don't have scar tissue anymore, right?" she asked in utter bewilderment before she caught a look at the small grin Kura had. After a moment, the ghost laughed. "I'm surprised she remembers all that, you know? It's been thirty years, but she still remembers that much about me. Before we met, I had begun to worry she'd forgotten me." Cally said, looking very relieved.
When talk turned to wedding outfits, both Kura and Cally gave Faith an amused look as the girl apparently realized how complicated and formal she was making her wedding. Kura, however, spoke seriously despite her amusement. "Oh, I always ask, Lass. When I was...oh, I'd guess around GrandPad's age, I officiated a weddin' with a savage tribal theme. I wound up wearin' rabbit furs and deer leather and officiatin' the whole affair over an alter made out of bones with bits of meat still hangin' off 'em." she said, before pausing in thought. "...And that's fairly normal compared to the one I was a witness for in the mountains once. The locals wrote up the traditions for me, but I'm still not entirely sure some of that was legal, even with the grooms consent." she said, looking thoughtful before shaking her head.
Cally, meanwhile, was looking at her with supreme interest. "I'd heard about the tribal weddin'. Even got her to show off the outfit once. She looks good in skimpy furs, by the way." she said, giving Faith a slightly teasing grin. "But I've never heard of this mountain weddin' before." she said, before trailing off. After a moment, she looked at Faith again. "Ask her about it sometime, please?"
As Faith said she wanted the wedding to be perfect, and for people to be comfortable, Kura grinned slightly. "Lass, there's perfect and then there's perfect. You wouldn't happen to be basin' your weddin' plans entirely around what you've been readin' in books, would you, lass?" she asked, her tone kind. Faith, for all the progress she had made since that dream so long ago, still had trouble with concepts that many people took for granted, now including weddings, it seemed.
"Thought you might." she said when Faith said she liked the ideas on how to strengthen the invocation. She fell silent as Faith spoke to Cally, evidently answering a question. Cally, for her part, grinned widely when Faith said that Padraig could see her now, but didn't speak. It appeared that the ghost was, in fact, happy to use non-verbal means of expressing herself from time to time. However, Kura had put together what Cally had likely asked Faith. "Talkin' about how I usually know where she is now? You're right, I feel Cally as a...warm spot. Like the warmth of her heart is still goin', even without a body." she said, smiling slightly. "If she means how I keep indicatin' where she's at by pokin' her in the nose, that's fairly simple."
Kura turned in her seat to look at where Cally was, the ghost looking back at the Mortalborn in curiosity. "You're 5'5", and you hated gettin' sore feet, so you were always wearin' shoes with cushioned soles, addin' an extra inch to your height. You also have an average length nose, but you lean forward slightly, pretty much all the time." Kura said, before smiling slightly before turning back to the table and looking at the menus Katie had brought. After a moment, she frowned. "And stop tuggin' at your earlobe, you'll pull the scar tissue." she said, irritably. Cally, who had been doing exactly that, pulled her hand away in shock.
After a moment, however, she looked at Faith again. "She does know I don't have scar tissue anymore, right?" she asked in utter bewilderment before she caught a look at the small grin Kura had. After a moment, the ghost laughed. "I'm surprised she remembers all that, you know? It's been thirty years, but she still remembers that much about me. Before we met, I had begun to worry she'd forgotten me." Cally said, looking very relieved.
When talk turned to wedding outfits, both Kura and Cally gave Faith an amused look as the girl apparently realized how complicated and formal she was making her wedding. Kura, however, spoke seriously despite her amusement. "Oh, I always ask, Lass. When I was...oh, I'd guess around GrandPad's age, I officiated a weddin' with a savage tribal theme. I wound up wearin' rabbit furs and deer leather and officiatin' the whole affair over an alter made out of bones with bits of meat still hangin' off 'em." she said, before pausing in thought. "...And that's fairly normal compared to the one I was a witness for in the mountains once. The locals wrote up the traditions for me, but I'm still not entirely sure some of that was legal, even with the grooms consent." she said, looking thoughtful before shaking her head.
Cally, meanwhile, was looking at her with supreme interest. "I'd heard about the tribal weddin'. Even got her to show off the outfit once. She looks good in skimpy furs, by the way." she said, giving Faith a slightly teasing grin. "But I've never heard of this mountain weddin' before." she said, before trailing off. After a moment, she looked at Faith again. "Ask her about it sometime, please?"
As Faith said she wanted the wedding to be perfect, and for people to be comfortable, Kura grinned slightly. "Lass, there's perfect and then there's perfect. You wouldn't happen to be basin' your weddin' plans entirely around what you've been readin' in books, would you, lass?" she asked, her tone kind. Faith, for all the progress she had made since that dream so long ago, still had trouble with concepts that many people took for granted, now including weddings, it seemed.
