"Oh!" Aarne is wide-eyed at the apparition but it made sense either to get into small spaces or just blend in. "You look like you could be in our crowd."
He knows many people feel that way about having something for guests but Aarne simply cannot. It's his culture and ingrained in him as the polite thing to do, regardless of whether or not you're prepared for the person that comes or not. Hospitality was king.
"I'll check with Vars about stronger drinks." He sighs though and shakes his head. "It would defile this festival to forego hospitality."
The question is what to give. He puts his hands on his hips and looks around, but feels his drum hammer tucked into his belt. It's not the one he made as a teen and so hold less importance. He pulls it out with its long streamers of red shade ribbons that are weighted at the ends with disks of reindeer antler. One of the dangling pieces is black braided from Aarne's hair. He takes it to Howlback.
"This is for your family because it was made for mine." Despite drunkenness or his usual wild and all over the place talking, this is more formal because it is tradition. "My family will know you if they see it."
Know didn't mean the same as knowing someone as an acquaintance in this instance but to know someone is safe or trusted by someone in the family. In modern times it wasn't a usual tradition but why not fall back on older traditions to satisfy the old spirits?
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He knows many people feel that way about having something for guests but Aarne simply cannot. It's his culture and ingrained in him as the polite thing to do, regardless of whether or not you're prepared for the person that comes or not. Hospitality was king.
"I'll check with Vars about stronger drinks." He sighs though and shakes his head. "It would defile this festival to forego hospitality."
The question is what to give. He puts his hands on his hips and looks around, but feels his drum hammer tucked into his belt. It's not the one he made as a teen and so hold less importance. He pulls it out with its long streamers of red shade ribbons that are weighted at the ends with disks of reindeer antler. One of the dangling pieces is black braided from Aarne's hair. He takes it to Howlback.
"This is for your family because it was made for mine." Despite drunkenness or his usual wild and all over the place talking, this is more formal because it is tradition. "My family will know you if they see it."
Know didn't mean the same as knowing someone as an acquaintance in this instance but to know someone is safe or trusted by someone in the family. In modern times it wasn't a usual tradition but why not fall back on older traditions to satisfy the old spirits?