Difference between revisions of "Rysn Ftori"

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→‎Reshi Isles: Updating the chapter's summery based on the revised version of the chapter that made it into the book proper.
(→‎Reshi Isles: Updating the chapter's summery based on the revised version of the chapter that made it into the book proper.)
=== Reshi Isles ===
{{dialogue|Rysn|You will take the trade. You will trade with me.|Talik|Oh? And what makes you say this?|Rysn|Because [[Relu-na]] approves of boldness.|attr=Rysn and [[Talik]]{{book ref|wor|i|2}}}}
Rysn was astonished to find out the "islands" that the [[Reshi]] lived on were the backs of [[greatshell]]s called [[Tai-na]], much to the amusement of her companions. Like in Shinovar, she found the locals to be primitives and were dismissive of them. Once they landed, Vstim told her that she would have to trade with the Reshi because his weakness would ruin the deal and to be bold while dealing with the Reshi for they would appreciate that. While Rysn, along with [[Kylrm]] and [[Nlent]], was making her way to the meeting the Reshi trademaster, she ran across people jumping from the top of the Tai'na to the sea. An [[Aimian]] named [[Axies the Collector]], who was hanging upside down and tied by his feet to a shell nearby as a punishment for asking the king about the soul of his god, informed her that the Reshi did this as a sign of courage. They continued climbing all the way to the ''Tai-na'''s head to be met by the King, who was a woman to Rysn's surprise, and her guards. A man named Talik stepped forward and asked Rysn why Vstim was not attending. Rysn informed him she was authorized to handle the trade but Talik told her the deal was off. Rysn continued trying to convince Talik to take the deal, butand hemanaged to impress the king enough to speak with her directly. However, the king eventually informed her that she would not backcomplete downthe trade with Rysn, and would wait or Vstim to recover from his illness. Rysn, believing that Vstim's illness was fatal, and thinking the only way to gain the Reshi's respect enough to complete the trade that day was to show her boldness, jumpedclimbed down from the headfeeding ofrope that had been lowered to the Tai-na whose name Talik had told her was Relu-na. She pleaded her case to the island's god directly, in the hopes of showing her boldness, and in spite of the concerned commands of the king. She hung there for a time, speaking to the the god, only for Relu-na's motions to catch the rope and snap it in two, leaving Rysn to fall. Falling down, for a split second she saw the eye of the Relu-na, then felt a rush of wind and crashed into the sea. She fell unconscious.
 
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|TheyI jumpneeded to do something. To prove courage. I thought... I needed to be bold...
|Rysn to Vstim{{book ref|wor|i|2}}
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