But she had been different.
She had been a dreamer.
In the drow civilization, the only dreamers that were tolerated were really schemers. But in the case of true ones, they were usually scoffed at, and had a problem connecting with a world where everything was a race to immediate goals, like power and survival. In such cases they tended not to survive for long, and usually wound up in situations that many of the other races would have found hard to consider.
However, she had been different, and had realised that things like hope were not to be displayed before the others. Even as she had wished for a chance to see something other than the continual darkness of the land of her people, she knew that playing the game was the only way to survive. She had allowed them to think of her as just another drow, with nothing special about her. And her subterfuge had worked, for long enough.
When she had seen her chance to see the sky and trees, she had taken it. Not that it didn't have its own challenges. There wasn't any going back, even if she wanted to, and if she met any of the drow who were 'happy' with their society, she might not be in good shape. Then again, being a drow among races where such a person was a rarity tended to have its own problems, including hate from those who feared her kind, and those who lusted after such an 'exotic' looking female. But for the most part, she was happy that she had chosen this path, especially as she considered what could have happened.
Still, that was all in the past, and now she was getting to see all sorts of interesting things, including a shapeshifting beast that apparently hadn't gotten perfected his technique. That meant that it was probably a young one, but then again, so was she.
Shrugging slightly to herself, she set herself to setting up her shelter while:
(Posted Thu, 08 Apr 2004 22:49)
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