Renata would have withdrawn a few steps from the wagon to give her lady the privacy that she asked for... but it wasn't necessary as she found herself a few steps away anyway after absentmindedly stepping in a pothole. The valkyrie horse, well-trained as it was, had elected to deftly step around the hole. As much as Renata had wished that the horse could be replaced by a normal one, she couldn't deny that the beast had already been very useful despite being stolen property.
Pulling her boot out of the mud that had encased it, Renata tried not to dwell on the film of filth that now reached up to her right knee. After all, the path that she had chosen was not one that would let her look prim and proper all the time. There were more important things to attend to than propriety.
"Mine as well," she added after Roland finished his declaration of allegiance. Catching up to Cecily's wagon, she would have offered her own sword as well, but she was not a knight, only a young inquisitor who had managed to get herself into something bigger than she could imagine. Was it the will of Elimine that brought her here to serve the lady of Laus? No. It was my own actions, she thought pridefully. Renata hadn't felt any divine presence for some time, so she decided that this must be her true calling. "I was once called Sister Renata," she observed, sounding stupidly bubbly in contrast to Roland's noble speech. "But I am far more content to be Renata from Laus. I'll serve you however I can, milady!"
At best, she was an eager subject.
Pulling her boot out of the mud that had encased it, Renata tried not to dwell on the film of filth that now reached up to her right knee. After all, the path that she had chosen was not one that would let her look prim and proper all the time. There were more important things to attend to than propriety.
"Mine as well," she added after Roland finished his declaration of allegiance. Catching up to Cecily's wagon, she would have offered her own sword as well, but she was not a knight, only a young inquisitor who had managed to get herself into something bigger than she could imagine. Was it the will of Elimine that brought her here to serve the lady of Laus? No. It was my own actions, she thought pridefully. Renata hadn't felt any divine presence for some time, so she decided that this must be her true calling. "I was once called Sister Renata," she observed, sounding stupidly bubbly in contrast to Roland's noble speech. "But I am far more content to be Renata from Laus. I'll serve you however I can, milady!"
At best, she was an eager subject.