[He asks that before answering anything at all, partly because it's a lot of questions to answer all at once. Most of them are simple, of course, but...]
Most Vikute leave the plains if they bond with someone from outside. We are a small tribe, and it seems inefficient to leave the plains. Eilspar are tall, horned animals, with long faces and flexible limbs. We hunt them for meat and keep them for milk.
[There's a brief pause in answering then, a remarkably complex expression (almost like... regret? It's exceptionally soft for the blankness of his usual face) crossing his features.]
According to our history, Vikute began to offer protection because there was little on the plains that could overcome us. In order to test ourselves and our bodies, we became entwined with the Litavi people, a tribe known to fight dangerous creatures and people. Many Vikute choose to bind themselves to a Litavi by adulthood, if they have not found another bonding partner.
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[He asks that before answering anything at all, partly because it's a lot of questions to answer all at once. Most of them are simple, of course, but...]
Most Vikute leave the plains if they bond with someone from outside. We are a small tribe, and it seems inefficient to leave the plains. Eilspar are tall, horned animals, with long faces and flexible limbs. We hunt them for meat and keep them for milk.
[There's a brief pause in answering then, a remarkably complex expression (almost like... regret? It's exceptionally soft for the blankness of his usual face) crossing his features.]
According to our history, Vikute began to offer protection because there was little on the plains that could overcome us. In order to test ourselves and our bodies, we became entwined with the Litavi people, a tribe known to fight dangerous creatures and people. Many Vikute choose to bind themselves to a Litavi by adulthood, if they have not found another bonding partner.