[ SO BIZARRE. Never in a million years could she have conceived of having this conversation with anyone, much less someone from an entirely different universe. It's a little surreal, makes her feel giddy and uneasy all at once. ]

I'm... not sure. Not exactly. Except maybe– [ She wrinkles her nose, thinking back through countless lessons and lectures from school and eventually, thoughtfully, narrowing her eyes as well. ]

We could be talking about different things. I don't know much about it. But we're told that in the time before my country came to be, people fought countless wars over a creature they called 'god'. A supreme being they believed was responsible for creating the earth and everything on it. Is that what you mean, Kija? [ His name sounds strange in her mouth, but she likes the lilt of it, how different it is from the naming conventions of home. It strikes her that if dragons are considered gods in his world, he must have done something wild to earn a handle like White Dragon for himself. ]