[It's not clear to Liem whether the question Hayame poses him in return is related to the one he asked, or whether she's simply changing the subject. If she doesn't wish to answer such a personal question, he has no desire to force the issue, but if she is willing to speak of her life back home then perhaps she should, as much as she can. There can be healing in the speaking aloud of old wounds.]
Some do.
[He thinks immediately of Drifa, who had been a fierce enough warrior that despite her dwarven stature, the humans she met didn't dare look down on her. He thinks of Baroness Voinum, who scowled more than she smiled and had no patience for fools. He thinks of the princess he swore to serve, her rapier drawn, fighting assassins alongside the Lion Guard during the Exaltation Day Massacre.
In the course of their conversation, he doesn't notice that he's given his answer to her present-tense question in kind.]
It's more common for those among the aristocracy, who can expect to attain rank and glory, to join Taldor's military. But common women are not barred from it—though they are unlikely to ever attain an officer position.
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Some do.
[He thinks immediately of Drifa, who had been a fierce enough warrior that despite her dwarven stature, the humans she met didn't dare look down on her. He thinks of Baroness Voinum, who scowled more than she smiled and had no patience for fools. He thinks of the princess he swore to serve, her rapier drawn, fighting assassins alongside the Lion Guard during the Exaltation Day Massacre.
In the course of their conversation, he doesn't notice that he's given his answer to her present-tense question in kind.]
It's more common for those among the aristocracy, who can expect to attain rank and glory, to join Taldor's military. But common women are not barred from it—though they are unlikely to ever attain an officer position.