"Verbena and Dreamspeaker are Traditions - like the Cult of Ecstacy," here, there's a nod at Sera though really she's only guessing - that one meeting had been months ago, and goodness only knows if she'd found out then. She certainly doesn't remember. "Groups of Awakened that share a similar worldview, though it's not a hive mind or anything. Pan - I usually call him Padre - is a person. He's in Mexico now, but has a church in Federal, in the city. And Initiate and Apprentice are ranks. They're pretty general, and mostly we don't make a big deal of them unless it's a formal occasion that calls for it, but they are what they are."
She shrugs and simply looks at Sera for a moment, sitting on the counter surrounded by things she expects other people will take care of - and Shoshannah probably will be the one who does, because despite her love for fine things and her high quality clothes, she has no aversion to doing what needs to be done. This one eighteen year old girl has more work ethic in her little finger than most people do in their entire bodies, in lifetimes. Soon (not soon enough) her eyes flick back to Grace, then wander away.
"You wanted to see the library - I can take you, if you want."
She shrugs and simply looks at Sera for a moment, sitting on the counter surrounded by things she expects other people will take care of - and Shoshannah probably will be the one who does, because despite her love for fine things and her high quality clothes, she has no aversion to doing what needs to be done. This one eighteen year old girl has more work ethic in her little finger than most people do in their entire bodies, in lifetimes. Soon (not soon enough) her eyes flick back to Grace, then wander away.
"You wanted to see the library - I can take you, if you want."