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Not to mention your tongue. A lot of good that will do us here.
[No, NOT going to talk about how much he missed even Malik's glaring face and cutting remarks, in the several months since he's been living in the Country. Or his stomach turning once he realizes that, yes, Malik did indeed survive his injuries, but lost his arm in the process.
He tries not to stare.]
[No, NOT going to talk about how much he missed even Malik's glaring face and cutting remarks, in the several months since he's been living in the Country. Or his stomach turning once he realizes that, yes, Malik did indeed survive his injuries, but lost his arm in the process.
He tries not to stare.]
[Dryly.]
Indeed.
[Have one of those beautiful glares you've missed so much, novice.]
And what would do you good instead, Altair?
Indeed.
[Have one of those beautiful glares you've missed so much, novice.]
And what would do you good instead, Altair?
Be mindful of the ideas you give your mundane. They may construe it as a challenge.
Even if I were, after that pun, I already expect the worst.
Can you really think your mun would be so cruel?
Pun--?
[...ohhhh. Right. He gets it now.]
They should not make light of such things. It is unkind.
[...ohhhh. Right. He gets it now.]
They should not make light of such things. It is unkind.
No safety and peace with this one? I haven't heard that they're all bad.
[Crisply.]
Kindness is not her way, I believe.
Kindness is not her way, I believe.
Oh, I would not judge them all on the faults of their worst. But indeed, I do not foresee much peace or safety in my immediate future.
I would offer to exchange places if I could. So far, my mundane has treated me fairly. [...Most of the time.]
Each man is given their own burden and their own destiny to bear.
[He lets out a breath slowly, not quite a sigh.]
I will endure what I must, and so will you.
[He lets out a breath slowly, not quite a sigh.]
I will endure what I must, and so will you.
Perhaps telling me how you came to be here. And perhaps that will reveal a way to escape the land I'm in and return home.
[Demanding information will solve all this inner frustration, surely.]
[Demanding information will solve all this inner frustration, surely.]
[Connor's dissatisfied with that answer, even if he knows it's true. He nods.]
I hope things between you will improve in future.
I hope things between you will improve in future.
[To deal with a frustrated Altair and be from a time before the invention of the Advil, this is truly Malik's burden and fate.]
Perhaps. If that is how disused your investigation skills have become, that you would have me do your work for you.
Perhaps. If that is how disused your investigation skills have become, that you would have me do your work for you.
[Malik smiles thinly.]
Perhaps we might find common ground, at some point, without the need for excessive compromise.
[Maybe he and his mun share a love for tormenting certain Levantine assassin novices that shall go unnamed.]
Perhaps we might find common ground, at some point, without the need for excessive compromise.
[Maybe he and his mun share a love for tormenting certain Levantine assassin novices that shall go unnamed.]
Perhaps so. That would be good for both of you.
[But not good for said unnamed Assassin. Poor guy.]
[But not good for said unnamed Assassin. Poor guy.]
[It could be worse. Malik could still be actually angry at him.]
Indeed. But do tell, you sound like you have more experience handling a mundane than I.
Indeed. But do tell, you sound like you have more experience handling a mundane than I.
Not much more than you -- only two months. She began to write for me at the beginning of the new year, and save one incident, has treated me well.
I should think that an experienced Assassin such as yourself can handle even the worst of them, with or without both arms. Take heart, Malik. They may not bring you to such a terrible situation.
For that I am glad on your behalf. May it continue to be so.
Perhaps, though it would be foolish of me, to disregard the very real possibility of danger or to assume it is nothing I cannot handle. I prefer to prepare myself for the worst, yet still allow the hope for the best.
Have they told you anything of where you might go? That might help you understand their disposition—it is a cruel mun indeed who would not allow you to make yourself ready. But there may be room yet for that hope.
She has not yet made up her mind. But of the four places she has others in... none of them are very alluring.
You face a path of much difficulty and less certainty, it seems. I wish you luck, Malik. And the continued use of all your remaining limbs.
Edited 2013-03-13 11:45 (UTC)
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