tentative muse. this post reeks of voicetesting.

[kas_bitch]

I may be "ka's bitch", as you put it, but it is better than being ka-mai.

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[flagg]

Is that so? Are we not to play the roles we were given, Roland of Gilead? And if we were given them, why, how is one better than the other?

[kas_bitch]

*he's not going to honor that with an answer, Whatever-You're-Calling-Yourself-These-Days.*

[flagg]

[Then Roland will get a tsk for his rudeness.]

Some roles you do not choose, gunslinger. How did you fare as a father, for instance?

[kas_bitch]

Wouldn't know, seeing as how I didn't have a say in being such.

He knew how to best to deal with the likes of you, wizard. He's human enough to remember the face of one of his fathers in that regard.

Moreso in this kas-ka Gan's inner world.

[flagg]

Oh, gunslinger. You really thought I meant Mordred?

[kas_bitch]

*...whatever you're implying, Marten, he is not in the mood for your antics.*

[flagg]

Do you think you'll ever manage to live a life where you don't sacrifice Jake Chambers? Only then will you be truly rid of me, I hope you understand.

[kas_bitch]

*if Flagg's hit a weakness, Roland doesn't let it show. Like an animal knowing better than to show its wounds to a predator.*

I think I can manage it. Things have changed. I have something I didn't, before. And when it sounds from the top of the Tower, Gan willing, you, the Crimson King, and the rest of the Red will be cast back to where you belong.

[flagg]

That sounds very fine, Roland. But, like you, I must play my role. The story will not run if I don't! And that would be worse than your endless turning in place, the same betrayals over and over. So I wish you luck, say true. We will meet again, as always.

[kas_bitch]

I'll set my watch and warrant on it.

*what he doesn't say is that he is very much looking forward to having an opportunity to put a bullet in that traitorous eye himself. A fitting revenge for Cuthbert.*

[flagg]

[As if he knows — and who can tell, with Walter? — he winks that eye.]