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That was what she loved about the Ambarando. It surrounded and held Natura in its grip and leaving the city within its embrace was fairly simple. It never left her alone, it never refused her presence... it was never distracted, never away, never needing anything but always accepting. It was a warm hug no matter what her mood, and the energies wrapped around her manifesting itself as part of her more than not being part of her. She glanced down at the open-eyed tattoo on the inside of her wrist and smiled. She'd age slowly now, drift through life, but she'd not abuse it. Luca had been right when he told her that Drifters needed a purpose... needed a reason for Drifting. Most used the skill to aid their Kumpanias... moving folks from place to place easily. But Avrie needed it for something different. She wanted to be an advocate for the Barbari... helping them where she could, smoothing out their issues and acting as a liaison between The Empire and the people the Empire served. It was an important role, and for that very reason alone, she needed to keep her focus and practice.
Thats what this was.... going forth, being one with and within the Ambarando, and focusing her concentration. It was hard for her still, learning to cast messages.... even now she sent a thread of thought into the Ambarando to contact Luca if he was within range. Odds are he wasn't, but her greeting was there, flowing down the blue-green waters to anyone that was listening. The birds, however, were unexpected. They mobbed her with a passion, wanting her gone.. and she'd obligue them. It was hard, shutting out the feathers, the diving maddening forms of avian wrath as she concentrated. She'd phase... phase out of their territory, but it took concentration at her stage of development, so she sent her awareness out into the line, following her message, and looked forward down the direction she was moving.... a clearing in the woods through which the massive line flowed... within her reach, less than ten miles away, more than five... she reached, feeling how similar she was to the energy around her rather than how differently, and tried to rematerialized eight miles further along the line, floating above the river of life.
If she was successful, she'd attempt to maintain a restful float, looking back down the line to where the birds were.. practicing... wanting to see their reaction at her abrupt disappearance.
She didn't much pay attention to where she'd materialized. She was too comfortable within the Ambarando... it was to protective and made her feel too powerful to really worry much, even though the danger from other predators, bandits, or even natural elements like fire or storm... was very real.
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