Natasha listened in wide-eyed awe to Erza. Had he really just ascertained all that from the little bit she had told him about her life and Gregor Donoski? That was amazing, looking at Salem very impressed, Natasha just chuckled as she leaned up back against the bookshelves.
"You are almost correct in all of your assumptions," she said, "I was born around 1769, give or take a year or two, maybe three... " people back then weren't great about keeping records so it was a date she had chosen herself much later on in life...
"So I am, more or less, about 250 years old..." she stated, "I met Gregor as a young girl, when I had just entered court life. He became a good friend, almost like a father at times," she said remembering with fondness her friend and sometimes mentor.
"He was already fairly old when I met him. He was a wizard, a druid... and they live a long time. I only assume he has passed, but I honestly do not know..." she told Ezra/Salem as she glanced down at his book and wondered about that.
"And I do know old Russian," she confirmed,"My parents, family, spoke it. Rural peasants were slow to adapt to changes of the times," she explained. "The court, while traditional, was very forward-thinking too... especially, Katerina... she was a force to reckon with, formidable really," Natasha remembered the Tsarina and smiled. Too many men had underestimated her and she had used that to her strength.
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"You are almost correct in all of your assumptions," she said, "I was born around 1769, give or take a year or two, maybe three... " people back then weren't great about keeping records so it was a date she had chosen herself much later on in life...
"So I am, more or less, about 250 years old..." she stated, "I met Gregor as a young girl, when I had just entered court life. He became a good friend, almost like a father at times," she said remembering with fondness her friend and sometimes mentor.
"He was already fairly old when I met him. He was a wizard, a druid... and they live a long time. I only assume he has passed, but I honestly do not know..." she told Ezra/Salem as she glanced down at his book and wondered about that.
"And I do know old Russian," she confirmed,"My parents, family, spoke it. Rural peasants were slow to adapt to changes of the times," she explained. "The court, while traditional, was very forward-thinking too... especially, Katerina... she was a force to reckon with, formidable really," Natasha remembered the Tsarina and smiled. Too many men had underestimated her and she had used that to her strength.
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