haut sei navarr The Handmaiden of the Star Crèche is difficult to miss, considering she is always cloaked in her iridescent opaque force bubble, hovering a few inches off the ground. The small entourage of ba servitors that usually accompany her make her all the more conspicuous. When Haut Sei Navarr enters a room, everyone notices.
She is a prominent presence at Diya's funeral, leading the procession in whatever arcane reitual the haut mourn by. She reads some deeply moving poetry by way of eulogy, but without cultural context – or perhaps even with – it is difficult to tell just how personal it is, especially with Sei's voice coming flat through the force screen. And without being able to see her face, it's just as impossible to tell how much Diya's death has affected her. They were clearly old acquaintances – and, if you happened to eavesdrop on certain conversations, much more than that – but after the funeral and the mourning period is over, Sei immediately overtakes all of Diya's duties and business seems to go as usual. She seems oddly distant from the recent military activity -- as far as she's concerned, the details of the war have little to do with her work, and the use of nuclear weapons on the Barrayarans does not seem to faze her much.
It is generally understood etiquette that one does not address a haut lady directly, but through one of her servitors, or, if present, a haut lord, unless invited to do so. She is, however, not so aloof as to refuse conversation with the exotics, which to the ghem appears pretty damned talkative for a haut lady. She seems to have stopped visiting the garden entirely since Diya's death, but she can easily be found around the science/medical complex.
ba talim Ba Talim is usually seen in the company of its haut lady, but the ba have a degree of their own autonomy. This particular ba can be found just about anywhere, seemingly on errands of one kind or another for Haut Sei, but it seems to have leisure time to itself on occasion.
Diya's death seems to have impacted Ba Talim more than the other ba, though whatever sorrow it holds, it keeps to itself. It only shows in the way it moves, a look of deep pain lingering behind the eyes. The ba are literally engineered to be loyal to the haut, but that doesn't mean they can't yield interesting information if asked the right questions, and right now, Ba Talim is uniquely vulnerable.
Haut Sei Navarr & Ba Talim
The Handmaiden of the Star Crèche is difficult to miss, considering she is always cloaked in her iridescent opaque force bubble, hovering a few inches off the ground. The small entourage of ba servitors that usually accompany her make her all the more conspicuous. When Haut Sei Navarr enters a room, everyone notices.
She is a prominent presence at Diya's funeral, leading the procession in whatever arcane reitual the haut mourn by. She reads some deeply moving poetry by way of eulogy, but without cultural context – or perhaps even with – it is difficult to tell just how personal it is, especially with Sei's voice coming flat through the force screen. And without being able to see her face, it's just as impossible to tell how much Diya's death has affected her. They were clearly old acquaintances – and, if you happened to eavesdrop on certain conversations, much more than that – but after the funeral and the mourning period is over, Sei immediately overtakes all of Diya's duties and business seems to go as usual. She seems oddly distant from the recent military activity -- as far as she's concerned, the details of the war have little to do with her work, and the use of nuclear weapons on the Barrayarans does not seem to faze her much.
It is generally understood etiquette that one does not address a haut lady directly, but through one of her servitors, or, if present, a haut lord, unless invited to do so. She is, however, not so aloof as to refuse conversation with the exotics, which to the ghem appears pretty damned talkative for a haut lady. She seems to have stopped visiting the garden entirely since Diya's death, but she can easily be found around the science/medical complex.
ba talim
Ba Talim is usually seen in the company of its haut lady, but the ba have a degree of their own autonomy. This particular ba can be found just about anywhere, seemingly on errands of one kind or another for Haut Sei, but it seems to have leisure time to itself on occasion.
Diya's death seems to have impacted Ba Talim more than the other ba, though whatever sorrow it holds, it keeps to itself. It only shows in the way it moves, a look of deep pain lingering behind the eyes. The ba are literally engineered to be loyal to the haut, but that doesn't mean they can't yield interesting information if asked the right questions, and right now, Ba Talim is uniquely vulnerable.