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My uncle said it'd help the business.
[ but that's a whole different context. a different kind of elf (spirit, impression) ]
He learn before or after your Ma?
[ but that's a whole different context. a different kind of elf (spirit, impression) ]
He learn before or after your Ma?
( help the business surprises her into a slightly cynical laugh, but she says— )
After. After she was dead. She liked him a lot, but she— my lord had sent her to be my handmaiden. It looked like a punishment, a demotion. He thought he was doing something kind. We didn't even know how to talk to each other, but she sort of disapproved of how much time I spent with him. One thing, for her, you know, an elf to be friends with an elf.
I don't even remember if she ever said, directly, now. She thought he was, you know, presumptuous, I think.
After. After she was dead. She liked him a lot, but she— my lord had sent her to be my handmaiden. It looked like a punishment, a demotion. He thought he was doing something kind. We didn't even know how to talk to each other, but she sort of disapproved of how much time I spent with him. One thing, for her, you know, an elf to be friends with an elf.
I don't even remember if she ever said, directly, now. She thought he was, you know, presumptuous, I think.
[ that he isn't byerly's servant, that it'd be perversely supplicative to give in to irritation,
doesn't matter, rutyer changes the subject any time it flips to him. some conversations you can only have in parallel. ]
Think on it. That's all.
doesn't matter, rutyer changes the subject any time it flips to him. some conversations you can only have in parallel. ]
Think on it. That's all.
[ i don't even remember, and thranduil won't. a second little death for guenievre baudin. ]
In both directions, if he figured her on the outs.
[ which had to be. you know. bizarre. ]
In both directions, if he figured her on the outs.
[ which had to be. you know. bizarre. ]
[ He blows out a sigh through his nose, and then says with a crooked smile: ]
To be completely clear: you’re encouraging me to abandon the duties at which I am particularly effective, simply because I do not enjoy them, at a time when the little girl who lives down the lane from me is spending her every waking moment trying to look beneath every rock she can find in case Mama’s under there?
[ He gestures with his cigarette. ]
I don’t think I’m going to spend too long thinking it over. But Maker bless you for being so concerned about my happiness.
To be completely clear: you’re encouraging me to abandon the duties at which I am particularly effective, simply because I do not enjoy them, at a time when the little girl who lives down the lane from me is spending her every waking moment trying to look beneath every rock she can find in case Mama’s under there?
[ He gestures with his cigarette. ]
I don’t think I’m going to spend too long thinking it over. But Maker bless you for being so concerned about my happiness.
[ you’re encouraging me to abandon the duties at which I am particularly effective, simply because I do not enjoy them,
is its own, guilty pang. but rutyer didn't swear oaths. ]
'M concerned when it starts getting on everyone else.
[ cedric rolls a wrist, flexes the fingers about his anchor loose. gela's right; they've all been strained. jayce stood in the surf, thunderstruck for something cedric hasn't grasped the full shape of. vega's faint admission, it was very loud, ]
You talk to anyone? About the attacks.
is its own, guilty pang. but rutyer didn't swear oaths. ]
'M concerned when it starts getting on everyone else.
[ cedric rolls a wrist, flexes the fingers about his anchor loose. gela's right; they've all been strained. jayce stood in the surf, thunderstruck for something cedric hasn't grasped the full shape of. vega's faint admission, it was very loud, ]
You talk to anyone? About the attacks.
[ rutyer swore so many fucking oaths, it's really gross ]
I also am concerned when it starts getting on everyone else.
[ An arched eyebrow. Wasn't the crux of the original argument around whether or not people had the right to snap at newcomers due to the stress they were under? But it's neither here nor there; he shakes his head, not wanting to settle back into that previous unsatisfying argument. Wanting to move instead into a new, better one. ]
I presume you're asking if I've spoken to anyone about my feelings on them. To which the answer is: I have a beloved who lends me his one good ear, though at times I prefer to whisper into the deaf one. Much less embarrassing.
Do you have anyone to speak to?
I also am concerned when it starts getting on everyone else.
[ An arched eyebrow. Wasn't the crux of the original argument around whether or not people had the right to snap at newcomers due to the stress they were under? But it's neither here nor there; he shakes his head, not wanting to settle back into that previous unsatisfying argument. Wanting to move instead into a new, better one. ]
I presume you're asking if I've spoken to anyone about my feelings on them. To which the answer is: I have a beloved who lends me his one good ear, though at times I prefer to whisper into the deaf one. Much less embarrassing.
Do you have anyone to speak to?
Yeah, known Orlov a while.
[ patient. thoughtful. and as equipped as anyone here to discuss their particular relationship to death —
he lets the argument lie. by now, point's made or it's not. if rutyer cares to mend those fences, it's him's got to do it. he rubs a knuckle. ]
But we're not so close. Reckon that's easier, maybe. [ much less embarrassing ] Some shit you don't wanna drag home.
[ patient. thoughtful. and as equipped as anyone here to discuss their particular relationship to death —
he lets the argument lie. by now, point's made or it's not. if rutyer cares to mend those fences, it's him's got to do it. he rubs a knuckle. ]
But we're not so close. Reckon that's easier, maybe. [ much less embarrassing ] Some shit you don't wanna drag home.
Hm. One could do worse.
[ By purses his lips in consideration of Vanya. ]
Though it was bloody hard to tell the difference between him and that demon. Doesn't exactly speak of someone who's ever going to be particularly knowable.
[ By purses his lips in consideration of Vanya. ]
Though it was bloody hard to tell the difference between him and that demon. Doesn't exactly speak of someone who's ever going to be particularly knowable.
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[ a shrug. vanya'd been off when he got here; dismissive, proud. if it hadn't been five years... ]
Well, he's not gonna give you a reaction.
Well, he's not gonna give you a reaction.
Edited 2024-07-19 22:26 (UTC)
Flying off the handle's how y'get this.
[ the jerk of his chin: the gallows. a fucking horror show. ]
[ the jerk of his chin: the gallows. a fucking horror show. ]
'Course. Dunno how I'd keep all that weird in my head without screaming.
Took more'n her to take things down. We all got a responsibility.
Twenty-eight.
[ alright, so rutyer can do math, ]
[ alright, so rutyer can do math, ]
Can't make a better future unless y'learn from the past.
Haven't hit my head that hard, [ it's thicker than what she'll have heard the others speak, less enunciated. trade again: ] You run into some?
( everyone has been so far much politer about her broaching the topic this way than she was when abby asked her if she speaks her mother tongue,
she is perhaps forced to admit it wasn't a totally wild way to come out the gate. )
I have a book I need to translate, so — I'm going to have to learn. I've already asked Orlov, but I thought I'd bother you and Gela, as well. It isn't urgent, or anything, but if you wouldn't mind...?
she is perhaps forced to admit it wasn't a totally wild way to come out the gate. )
I have a book I need to translate, so — I'm going to have to learn. I've already asked Orlov, but I thought I'd bother you and Gela, as well. It isn't urgent, or anything, but if you wouldn't mind...?
[ if she just wanted the book translated, she could ask for that. so the clever thing to do here would be to swap, orlesian for nevarran.
but he's felt fraud enough this week, ]
How d'you feel about dinners now'n then? Wanna get Orlov out more.
[ (and alright, gela too) ]
but he's felt fraud enough this week, ]
How d'you feel about dinners now'n then? Wanna get Orlov out more.
[ (and alright, gela too) ]
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