The story Rani tells her sounds insane, on the face of it. The part about Jhansi is believable, sure; people do horrible things to each other, and going to war over a place and make that place into a shell of what it was. She's seen it. But lycans, vampires--that sounds completely crazy.
On the other hand, she comes from a place where people rise back up after they die. She can't exactly laugh off the weird stuff from other people's homes.
"I'm sorry," she says to Rani, because nothing else quite fits. I'm sorry you lost your home. I'm sorry you have to fight monsters, too. For a time, she's quiet, letting Rani stroke her shoulder as she wonders what she can offer in the face of such a hard life. "Doesn't sound so different from home."
Always on the move, always fighting something unstoppable, always living someplace terrible--or living somewhere decent and knowing that, at any moment, you might be back out there.
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On the other hand, she comes from a place where people rise back up after they die. She can't exactly laugh off the weird stuff from other people's homes.
"I'm sorry," she says to Rani, because nothing else quite fits. I'm sorry you lost your home. I'm sorry you have to fight monsters, too. For a time, she's quiet, letting Rani stroke her shoulder as she wonders what she can offer in the face of such a hard life. "Doesn't sound so different from home."
Always on the move, always fighting something unstoppable, always living someplace terrible--or living somewhere decent and knowing that, at any moment, you might be back out there.