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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:00 Post #991 |
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'It will be cold,' she said. |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:02 Post #992 |
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'I can handle it, I spent a couple of weeks in a draughty cave in Two Lakes.' He flashed a grin at her. 'Sitting in front of my tent with a fire nearby is an improvement.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:04 Post #993 |
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She shrugged. The fire combined with the heavy fur made her skin tingle with warmth. She drew the thick cloak back to fall over her back, resting on her arms. 'Did that man tell you to let me go sooner?' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:05 Post #994 |
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'He told me I was being unrealistic by wanting the Romans gone before returning you,' Morcant muttered. 'Which basically amounts to the same thing, yeah.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:07 Post #995 |
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He must have gotten scolded, as Cuhelyn had suggested. She could tell that he was displeased about it. 'I'm sorry if he embarassed you,' she muttered quietly. 'I know you don't like me so much as it is.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:09 Post #996 |
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He raised an eyebrow. 'Whatever gave you the idea I don't like you? I offered to hand Elgued's arse to him if he harmed you, didn't I? Wouldn't do that for just any one.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:12 Post #997 |
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'I got the idea by your scolding of me,' she answered, mildly taken aback. 'And because I'm...my father's daughter and engaged to a Roman. It seems enough, for someone like you...' she narrowed her eyes at him to better see him in the twilight. 'Everything else could be just a civility.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:14 Post #998 |
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'I dislike your father for wanting to marry his daughter off to a Roman twat, but that's about it.' Someone like him, indeed. 'Just because I'm a rebel doesn't mean I can't genuinely have manners,' he said, a little more sharply than he'd intended to. |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:16 Post #999 |
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Oh, wonderful. Now she had insulted him as well. Essylt bit on the inside of her cheek. 'I'm sorry.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:18 Post #1000 |
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'Will you please stop thinking I'm going to bite your head off for everything you say?' he asked, exasperatedly. Perhaps it was his own fault for seriously lacking the patience to think his words over before he said them, but he'd never had any (or not much) trouble with it before. |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:21 Post #1001 |
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'Um. Alright.' Apologizing seemed not quite in order now. She leaned back into the darkness of the forest behind them. 'So you don't dislike me and you will not harm me. And your friend has been nice to me. I suppose it is better than trekking through the wood.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:25 Post #1002 |
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'Indeed it is.' Morcant fell silent for a while, now and then glancing sideways at Essylt. He should've seen the interest of his brothers coming, he thought; she was a rather extraordinary beauty. It made him realize how long it had been since he'd last been with a woman. 'If you get tired, let me know,' he said rather quickly then. 'I'll take you to the tent.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:27 Post #1003 |
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She nodded that she had heard his words. After a time of silence, she asked: 'It's probably too much to assume you do requests, is it?' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:28 Post #1004 |
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'Depends on the request,' he said, shrugging. |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:30 Post #1005 |
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'I would...I'd really like to send some word home,' she went on quickly. 'Just to have them know that I'm alive. If my mother worries too much, I fear she might have a miscarriage. I want her to know...' she shrugged helplessly. The fur slid further down. 'That I'm fine.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:33 Post #1006 |
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Morcant pressed his lips together. 'You'll have to ask Gwyddien tomorrow. I can't decide that on my own.' It would seriously take the punch out of blackmailing, if they decided to take that course. |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:34 Post #1007 |
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'You don't like it, though.' She looked at him again. 'I suppose it'll work against your own plans with me.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:35 Post #1008 |
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'If Gwyddien wants you to go home after your information tomorrow, we'll send a message ahead,' he grunted, not answering to her remark. 'If not, he'll know you're alive by the other message we'll send him, that is, that we've got you and that he'd best do as we tell him to.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:37 Post #1009 |
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She kept her eyes on his face, now that she had the courage to ask this. Her heart was beating against her chest. 'You will kill me otherwise?' Essylt was surprised at how gentle the words sounded from her mouth. Such terrible words! She should have shouted them at him, or cried. 'You can tell me honestly.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:38 Post #1010 |
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'Of course not,' he said disgustedly. 'We could make your father think that, but we won't actually do it. That'd be ridiculous and unnecessary to boot.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:40 Post #1011 |
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First, she couldn't speak a word for the relief she felt. But then it hit her. 'What difference would it make? If you make him believe that, I can't go back at all.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:43 Post #1012 |
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Gods, that girl was dense! 'I never said we would make him believe that,' he said, striving to make his voice sound patient. 'We could, was all I said.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:45 Post #1013 |
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'I heard that,' Essylt said. 'I was speaking of the hypothetical case - if you did what you could.' She frowned. |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:47 Post #1014 |
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'You think your father would let you get killed?' he asked. Well, if he did, she'd no reason to go back there anyway. |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:49 Post #1015 |
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'I think my father might not be able to live up to your demands if he wanted to,' Essylt said quietly. 'You had better taken the wife or daughter of a high Roman official. Or perhaps the Emperor in Rome himself.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:52 Post #1016 |
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'Heh, now there's a thought. Yes, I'll dash into Rome and kidnap the emperor, piece of cake.' He was actually joking, instead of just being sarcastic. He looked over at Essylt and shook his head a bit. 'I'll see if I can find you a proper cloak tomorrow. Those furs are a bit of a bother, I imagine.' |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:53 Post #1017 |
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'A little,' she admitted. 'I'd like to retreat now, if it's alright with you.' |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 22:56 Post #1018 |
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'You shout, I come running. In a manner of speaking, of course.' Morcant got up. 'This way.' His tent was about as far away from Elgued's as it could be, and right now that was a good thing. If she was going to stay with them for longer though, they'd have to arrange something else. It was hardly likely he could go weeks without sleep, and unless he got Cuhelyn to arrange shifts of guarding the girl's tent... |
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| Marieke | 18 Apr 2010, 22:58 Post #1019 |
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Before she slipped inside, she turned to him. 'Thank you. For lending me this. It's probably a bother.' Not that he had any rights to complain - it was he who had snatched her from her home. She tugged the fur from her shoulders. It would make a comfortable bed. |
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| Sonja | 18 Apr 2010, 23:00 Post #1020 |
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'I thrive on hardships and guarding young girls,' he said dryly, 'so don't mention it. Sleep well, Essylt.' |
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