[she had thought to ask thomas, but he was as new as she was, and the brucolac seemed much more accustomed to the ways of this world. she had heard of the audience, but she didn't dare go. they scared her.]
Mm. So do I. Still, I've never had a pretext...never been able to convince myself it was worth it.
Reul is sits unmoving, unbreathing...busy elsewhere. Morla...matronly, I've heard. Matronly, assuming your mother was disturbing. [He peels his lips from his teeth in a sort of smile.] She cherishes her loyal subjects. You won't come to any harm so long as you don't try to attack her.
[He gives an indelicate snort of genuine amusement at that, leaning back.]
You're right.
She's a crazed bitch who's mistaken herself for a goddess. [Things he shouldn't say over the lockets, part 213914.] But I know why I'm here and not in Caer Glaem.
I've played hired muscle to some of her more well-known champions. [He huffs faintly, grimly, not without a black humour.] Since arriving here I've preferred to work, ah, backstage. There's a freedom in being unknown.
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Have you ever talked to the monarchs before?
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You have a question for them?
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I want to know what they're like.
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Reul is sits unmoving, unbreathing...busy elsewhere. Morla...matronly, I've heard. Matronly, assuming your mother was disturbing. [He peels his lips from his teeth in a sort of smile.] She cherishes her loyal subjects. You won't come to any harm so long as you don't try to attack her.
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[she doesn't quite grasp why people go to them so willingly, just to have a conversation about politics, or the like. she lets an empty laugh.]
She's no mother.
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You're right.
She's a crazed bitch who's mistaken herself for a goddess. [Things he shouldn't say over the lockets, part 213914.] But I know why I'm here and not in Caer Glaem.
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effy kind of wants to ask why he's in caer scima, but she's not sure she even wants to know.]
Ever done anything for her?
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Why? Considering asking for work?
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[she doesn't really want to, either.]
Boons are easy. Depending on what's happened.
[excluding this last ... problem. as if she was going to wander around the caves aimlessly looking for the moon.]
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[One syllable with a lot of approval.]
Do you have some aim in mind?
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[which he's sure to find out, sooner or later.]
Mostly ways to make more coin.
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The station has reasons for coin, doesn't it? And anyway, favors come in handy, too.