Re: Hadrian Had Been
"Oh, you mean you're used to working with mining pumps. I'm afraid you have the advantage over me, sir, as I don't know the meaning of several of those words."
She smiles, and looks curious.
"Oh, well some people make that mistake. Athena is a war goddess as well as goddess of crafts and wisdom and archery." She points to the silver arrows hanging from the wind charm outside the shoppe. "Athena's arrows," she furrows up her face. "Tester...ah...yes...there is a couple references in the Books of Wisdom. Something about a trial between her and Lord Ares. I think, no, I'm not sure if I've heard of anyone worshipping the Tester, and there are a few who worship Ares, but, they are not the sort of people a respectable woman knows, or would want to know."
Taking a sip of her tea, she leans back.
"You're making me think more in ten minutes than my teachers do in an afternoon. Yes, I know a Henry, a bicycle manufacturer, and an inventor. But if you don't know me, then how would you know that I know him? Who put you up to this? Did one of my girlfriends send you over to meet me? Who?"
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