Vara gave a smile. "Thanks. If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn to paint? Were you...the daughter of a noble?"
(The lower class people of Tyramon generally wouldn't spend time on luxuries like painting, but noble or not it works either way. It is just less common if she wasn't nobility.)
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The strangers - the people of Du Pou - say that they could use help in training military recruits for ground battles. If the Aerlanicans have any sort of experience in ground combat situations, that is.
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The involuntary motion caused Witta to choke and cough at first, but she then managed to start swallowing.