An Unamused Elf

[silvertree]

Fate has very little to do with our meeting today for this was predetermined long before you've noticed my presence.

[ A slight frown settles on his lips as he regards the "scribe". It's quite easy to see that he's displeased. ]

Am I bound to you as you are bound to me? If so, this bond will vex us both if we do not strive to nurture it well.

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[rhinemaid]

[ that would be interesting! then everyone wins, which in this case means Ilde would feel that she wins, because the fae have an innate gift for being completely incorrigible. ]

No; observation. I don't mind it.

[silvertree]

Therefore, you are content with your status?

[rhinemaid]

[ --pausing ]

I think I'd say that it's preferable to the alternatives, and that I've noticed I'm in the minority in that way.

[silvertree]

I assume it wouldn't be shameless of me to inquire "why" you seem so content.

[rhinemaid]

I don't know why people worry about being shameless when the logical alternative is 'shameful', which doesn't sound like something anyone wants to be.

[ yet not actually the point (and you never know with some people); moving on. ]

As much as things are awful, and the government is useless and the people are untrustworthy and I keep getting kidnapped which I'm not happy about, there's also-- poetry, and new clothes, and cities with things that cities have in them, like coffee shops and worrying about things that don't really matter. It's funny what you miss, when everything is broken, so what ends up surprising you; knights and stories about hobbits and spacecraft but not at the same time, I'm almost used to most of those things now, but buying things with money again and also newspapers and nursery furniture. And letters to the editor.

[silvertree]

[ He listened intently to her, never once letting his gaze stray far. ]

An old life traded for a newer one?

[rhinemaid]

It turns out death isn't always the end of things.