on spiffy new AU;

[scarleting]

Should I claim nonchalance? Should I pretend to be unsurprised? I'd be lying.

I was certain you'd laid me to rest.

What a peaceful illusion it was, too.

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[napoleonical]

So harsh, Mireille.

[scarleting]

Reality is no ordinary woman, Monsieur Duroc. She is rarely pliant.

[napoleonical]

Women usually are? I had no idea.

[scarleting]

Clearly, the women you associate with have chosen to discard this otherwise traditional female virtue.

[napoleonical]

Il faut être irréprochable pour critiquer autrui.

Didn't the media already point this out to you, Mademoiselle?

[scarleting]

Repeatedly. And I have yet to grow deaf.

[napoleonical]

Much to the lady's displeasure, I'm sure. Will I see you in Parliament come Monday?

[scarleting]

We are both members of the working staff. Our shifts tend to overlap, isn't that so?

[napoleonical]

Well. With how wildly your party grows, I'd be afraid to find you superfluous.

[scarleting]

The day I'm no longer useful, I shall gladly step aside. Away from you, one must hope.

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[napoleonical]

[napoleonical]

Rest assured, I get the message.

[scarleting]

Clarity of speech is, I have been told, one of my strengths. So I trust that you do.

[lifewithnoconsequence]

Best to never assume anything.

[scarleting]

Religion dictates, Monsieur, that we were the assumptions of God first. Proving that the act of creation would fail to be, without assuming.

[lifewithnoconsequence]

That's assuming that Creation really occurred by His hands.

[A bit of atheism there from a Methodist boy.]

I would much rather keep religion out of a discussion.

[scarleting]

There are arguments of greater weight that one may employ in any given debate, I shall have to agree.

[lifewithnoconsequence]

Perhaps; yet some of those greater arguments may lead the debate askew. Thus leaving it in a completely different and irrelevant angle than it was originally positioned.

[scarleting]

I'm a politician, Monsieur. Irrelevant discussions make for a far too familiar territory.

[lifewithnoconsequence]

Well then in political work I am certain that would be a rather handy tool when attempting to sway others. Just as I am certain this irrelevant discussion shall do.

[scarleting]

It's only irrelevant insofar that you bring nothing to it. Present me with a topic and I shall do my utmost to add meaning to the words I speak.

[lifewithnoconsequence]

Meaning changes between people, but I will do my best as well.

You shouldn't assume something if you do not wish to surprised. Do you agree, or not?

[scarleting]

I would never deny what is obviously true.

[lifewithnoconsequence]

You're not the first to say that.

[scarleting]

Neither shall I be the last. After all, there are so many ways in which to tell little white lies, yes?