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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 15, 2012 20:53:33 GMT
"Seventeen, sir. I became a woman a few years ago but I only finished my training two years ago. I am still one of the youngest full druidesses I know of. May I ask your age, sir?"
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 15, 2012 20:57:30 GMT
"In comparison to you I'm old." Dinadan replied. "I was born twenty years ago."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 15, 2012 21:08:35 GMT
"That's not so horribly old," Seren giggled. "It's not like you're fifty."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 15, 2012 21:12:20 GMT
"Fifty? Is that what you think I look?" Dinadan laughed.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 15, 2012 21:26:40 GMT
"I tease. But you know, there's lots of men and women who can't count above ten," she reminded him. "To those people, fifty is the same as twenty."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 16, 2012 0:24:03 GMT
"If I look the same at fifty as I do now, I would consider myself pleasantly surprised." Dinadan chuckled.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 16, 2012 0:34:51 GMT
"Oh yes, that would be very useful, I think. And more so for a woman than for a man, but my point is that most people can't count at all so they don't understand numbers like we do. Is it true, sir, that not even all noblemen can read?"
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 16, 2012 5:29:59 GMT
"Why do you think it is better for a woman to appear young than a man?" Dinadan asked, curious. "You are correct in saying not all noblemen can read though. Many members of the nobility cannot. I don't know why they would choose not to learn, but there are some who believe that is the path that serves them best."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 16, 2012 12:01:52 GMT
"It seems to me that their servants can take advantage of them if they cannot," Seren mused. "I always find it strange that I can read a little and yet many lords cannot. As to why I think it more beneficial for a woman to look young, it is because women are judged more often on their looks."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 16, 2012 13:52:31 GMT
"Well would you want to marry a ugly man?" Dinadan asked. "I think the other gender will always judge a person on their looks to some extent."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 16, 2012 14:25:54 GMT
"Oh yes, but I've heard that the world is crueller to ugly women than to ugly men. Naturally I would not wish to marry an ugly man either, but marriage is not a necessity among the druids. It is more a matter of choice," she explained.
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 16, 2012 22:08:16 GMT
"It can be a matter of choice among Christians as well." Dinadan replied. "I have two older brothers to carry on the line, so I needn't marry unless I wish to."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 16, 2012 23:04:57 GMT
"Oh, that's lucky! In Avalon, we favour the mother's line over the father's, as the rest of you do. That comes from the Romans, Viviane told me. But our way is the old way, because a mother's blood is more certain."
She smiled sweetly, unaware that her statement was controversial outside of Avalon.
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Post by Sir Galahad on Jun 17, 2012 0:10:11 GMT
"You favour the mother's line in Avalon?" Dinadan was surprised. "Does that mean pagans consider women to be more important than men?"
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jun 17, 2012 0:19:21 GMT
"Not exactly. There are a few communities who do, I believe, but those hold to more extreme customs than most of the druids. And I never met any of them anyhow."
She shrugged.
"All it means is that the mother's blood is held sacred, rather than the father's."
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