Legends of Belariath
Sarai
Part 18: Qu'Selashya
A meeting with Qu`Selashya
Qu`Selashya let out a long, soft breath, "my name is Qu`Selashya, which mean swift weend, in yews langwich. I come fr'm the desert to the souf west of 'ere., 'n' I am an outcast"
sarai{Ehl} "Oh Im sorry, to hear that Miss, why are you outcast?"
Qu`Selashya closed her eyes for a moment and then reopened them, "'cos my eyes are blue. Tha' is an unlucky colour"
sarai{Ehl} "But my eyes are blue, and Im not unlucky..much, I killed a dragon, and beat ShaKa, and took his magic sword, and met one of the most wonderful people in all the world...well...two people"
Qu`Selashya shrugged under the maille and robes, "it is the way of my old tribe, saaarayyy, I am sure yews haf sim'lar fings 'ere, like wif the colour of the wings of the race yews call Torian. Yews kill'd a dragon? They are very dangrous creatures, I am 'mpressed."
sarai{Ehl} "Ive heard of such things, and the dragon was tough, broke my arm by throwing me in a tree, but I shot it throw the mouth, and killed it"
Qu`Selashya noded, smiling as she leaned forward, picking up the bowl of dates and offering it across the table, "I see, yews was lucky I fink. Haf a date? Is tha' a slave collar I see about yews neck? Who does yews b'long to?"
sarai{Ehl} blinked at the bowl, slowly taking a date and sniffing it "Oh I belong to Misstresss Ehlanna, but she doesn’t really keep me as a slave... She takes girls who cant look after themselves, but she sees me as well...if she’s taking care of me, she’s keeping me out of trouble"
Qu`Selashya "I see, I haf 'eard of 'er. Do yews like bein' her slave? Is she one of the peepul yews say is wunnerful?"
sarai{Ehl} "oh yes Miss, though she’s odd sometimes, but she is wonderful. I like these types of clothes, I’ve always wanted to see a real harem"
Qu`Selashya chuckled softly, "maybe I should take yews to the desert 'n' show yews? 'n' yews look very pretty in them, saaarayyy"
sarai{Ehl} "Would you Miss? I'd like that so very much, I wouldn’t get in the way I promise"
Qu`Selashya "P'raps yews should ask yews mistress first?"
sarai{Ehl} nodded slowly "well i dont think she would mind much...erm...So..how did you come to be in these lands?"
Qu`Selashya "tha' ees simple, saaarayyy, I was .... er, wha' is word? .... sent away from my tribe, into the desert. Is ver' 'ard to live by yewself sos I walk to the edge of desert and then came 'ere. When I was walkin' I met others and made a small tribe of my own. We could haf lived, bu; we would haf to fight for all water, 'n' tha' is no safe, so we left."
sarai{Ehl} “makes sense, so you came here where there is water?”
Qu`Selashya laughed brightly, "tha' is makin' it ver' simple, bu' yes. I met Lord StormBringer, 'n' offered to guard 'is western border, 'n' he agree. Since then I haf been raisin' a small tribe to do tha'"
sarai{Ehl} “guard it from what?”
Qu`Selashya “From anyone who want to do it 'arm. Wha' do yew do fer yews mistress?”
sarai{Ehl} "Well anything she wants really, I clean her cottage, make her breakfast, work in the Naked Bird sometimes, serve in the inn, and work in the academy as a maid"
Qu`Selashya grinned, "'n' do yews dance fer 'er, saaarayyy?"
sarai{Ehl} blinked "I don’t think I have, why Miss?"
Qu`Selashya “B'cos the gurls in harems dance as part of their trainin' 'n' I wondered how skilled yews may be”
sarai{Ehl} "oh...so you want me to dance for you Miss?"
Qu`Selashya cocked her head to one side and then slowly nodded, "yes, I would like tha', it will be like back being 'ome"
sarai{Ehl} “very well, then last question, if you could sum all this up in one word, what would it be?”
Qu`Selashya blinked slowly, "one word? For wha'?"
sarai{Ehl} “for the book”
Qu`Selashya “Yes, saaarayyyy, but one word to describe wha'?”
sarai{Ehl} "Anything you like Miss"
Qu`Selashya laughed softly "ver' well, wif yews before me all I c'n fink of is ... fallya"
sarai{Ehl} "Fallya?"
Qu`Selashya grinned and nodded, lifting a languid hand to point unmistakeably at my rather large breasts, "yes, fallya!"
sarai{Ehl} “oh”