Asher had always revealed bits and pieces about Avvar culture, but it only really struck Christine when he had been lying in the healing tent, being worked on by two Spirit Healers. He'd seemed so determined to get it all out; to let Sam and herself know what the Avvar believe about spirits, and it's made her curious to know more.
Of course, the Avvar are seen as barbarians by Orlesians. They wear nothing but mud-splattered fur and spend their days yelling and fighting. Before meeting Asher, Christine had had no reason to learn anymore about those people. But he's so willing to talk about the culture, and she wants to know. Wearing fur, yelling, and fighting are all things Asher does, but he's spoken of the spirits that they call their gods. He's told her how mages let spirits possess them to teach them. It's all so different from the Chantry's ways.
Sitting on a stool outside her healer's tent, she listens to the lesson while rolling up bandages. She's doing it as slowly as possible so no one else around realizes she's actually listening in depth here.
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Of course, the Avvar are seen as barbarians by Orlesians. They wear nothing but mud-splattered fur and spend their days yelling and fighting. Before meeting Asher, Christine had had no reason to learn anymore about those people. But he's so willing to talk about the culture, and she wants to know. Wearing fur, yelling, and fighting are all things Asher does, but he's spoken of the spirits that they call their gods. He's told her how mages let spirits possess them to teach them. It's all so different from the Chantry's ways.
Sitting on a stool outside her healer's tent, she listens to the lesson while rolling up bandages. She's doing it as slowly as possible so no one else around realizes she's actually listening in depth here.