[Geir sighs lightly, daunted more at the holes in his own knowledge of his world than he is at the question. he knows what he knows, but his experience of living there was so very narrow, really. he glances earnestly at Carmilla before he speaks.]
Midgard is where the humans live. It's... I don't know much about it. There are forests and mountains and seas; I liked living in the sea, for the time that I did. It's furthest from the Tree. The Tree is... complicated.
I don't know what the places where humans lived are like. Vern says that life among humans is terrible-- the kings are always having wars so they can get into Valhalla. Some humans have magic, some don't, but Valkyries don't come to you for feats of wizardry, so the wizards aren't honored much. I guess there were a lot of different kings spread out to war over the best territories. Odin was the only one who bothered about humans much...
Asgard and the other realms are closer to the Tree. That means-- they're-- I'm still bad at explaining this! You can't just walk there, that's what I mean. It's about power, and what you can touch. The halls of the gods are there. I was born in Asgard, and then I lived with Mom and my brother and sister in Jotunheim for a while, and then Odin brought us to his hall. I've seen the halls of Odin and Frigg and Freyja, but I've not really traveled in Asgard much either--
[Geir shakes his head and looks away, curling his talontips into the ground. he's frustrated.]
Sorry I don't know more about it! I wasn't in Valhalla for long before Odin threw me in the sea. I stayed there-- then Dad sealed me under that hill when Thor fished me up-- then Vern summoned me-- then I came here. I really haven't seen that much.
[he droops for a moment before a thought occurs to him and he brightens again.]
At least I'm learning! And it doesn't take long to tell. There's that.
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[Geir sighs lightly, daunted more at the holes in his own knowledge of his world than he is at the question. he knows what he knows, but his experience of living there was so very narrow, really. he glances earnestly at Carmilla before he speaks.]
Midgard is where the humans live. It's... I don't know much about it. There are forests and mountains and seas; I liked living in the sea, for the time that I did. It's furthest from the Tree. The Tree is... complicated.
I don't know what the places where humans lived are like. Vern says that life among humans is terrible-- the kings are always having wars so they can get into Valhalla. Some humans have magic, some don't, but Valkyries don't come to you for feats of wizardry, so the wizards aren't honored much. I guess there were a lot of different kings spread out to war over the best territories. Odin was the only one who bothered about humans much...
Asgard and the other realms are closer to the Tree. That means-- they're-- I'm still bad at explaining this! You can't just walk there, that's what I mean. It's about power, and what you can touch. The halls of the gods are there. I was born in Asgard, and then I lived with Mom and my brother and sister in Jotunheim for a while, and then Odin brought us to his hall. I've seen the halls of Odin and Frigg and Freyja, but I've not really traveled in Asgard much either--
[Geir shakes his head and looks away, curling his talontips into the ground. he's frustrated.]
Sorry I don't know more about it! I wasn't in Valhalla for long before Odin threw me in the sea. I stayed there-- then Dad sealed me under that hill when Thor fished me up-- then Vern summoned me-- then I came here. I really haven't seen that much.
[he droops for a moment before a thought occurs to him and he brightens again.]
At least I'm learning! And it doesn't take long to tell. There's that.