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[antillar]

Crows take you, woman, do you really think this is a good idea?

[ he's silent for a moment, face smoothing out and shifting into something of a carefree grin instead. ] Oh, all right. So long as there's some ale and ladies to be had.

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[antillar]

[ max is all in favour of girls having fun. ] So should I assume you are a lady?

[ oh you have no idea. ] It serves a bloody purpose, all right. I don't know how many times the crowbegotten fool has saved Alera from impending doom. [ five times, that's how many. ]

[disloyalty]

Only when it suits me, if I'm honest. [ Maybe she's lying, though. Maybe she's always a lady - albeit one who wears a knife. ]

If you wait a man out as he sets a fire, eventually the fire will take him. That is to say, sometimes a problem solves itself on its own, if you let it be.

[antillar]

That so? Commendable. [ a lady who can fend for herself. his faovurite kind. that's a lie. all women are his favourite kind ]

[ sharply: ] A problem like the Canim or the Vord doesn't solve itself. Unless you consider the death of all Alerans a solution.

don't make me ship things so quickly this is like the fifth time!!!

[disloyalty]

[ He's not calling her a liar. She's more than pleased with that. (Or Ciela would be, because she pleases people all the time. Cairncross is more than different, and leans the other direction.) ] Thank you.

—How many of those are you meant to fight, if I may ask?

I AM NOT SORRY your characters/my characters otp 5eva okok

[antillar]

[ why would he call her a liar? max has a healthy dose of respect for women and a particularly unhealthy one for his stepmother, but that's another story entirely. he's not stupid ( no matter what he pretends at times ), he's not going to call her a liar. ]

Only the Vord, now that Calderon's made peace with the Marat and the Canim have surrendered to him.

that's a lot of otps oho

[disloyalty]

[ Most men have no compunctions about placing a woman in a villain's role. It makes her work so much easier - much easier, sometimes, to the point of frustration. Embry— is a thing best forgotten, now. (He would not be happy with this, but dead men's opinions hardly weigh.) ]

Those are names I'm afraid I'm not familiar, but they sound formidable as they are. Which ones have you actually fought, then?

can you blame me tho

[antillar]

[ women can be villains just as men can be, and the reverse is equally true. max knows well enough to judge people by their actions rather than just their gender. ]

The Canim and the Vord. And once the Canim and the Vord at the same time. [ while pretending to be the first lord of alera. that had been fun. ]

i wish you could blame me, does that count?

[disloyalty]

I wish I could have seen that fight. [ Her interest shows through, in the brightness of her gaze and the sincerity of her body language; and then, like she's remembering herself, she turns away. ] —I don't mean to assume anything, I just really—

I've never been in a fight. Is it weird? To find violence fascinating, I mean.

[ Did you kill them with your hands? How did their deaths feel? ]

how about we blame each other

[antillar]

[ now that's interesting. he's seen women enjoy violence (the high lady antillus comes to mind, and, more favourably, tavi's kitai) but she looks almost as if he's earthcrafting her and he's not. ]

Something base about it. [ a shrug, and he's a little more guarded now, not that it actually shows, his grin is all flirtation. ] Does that appeal to you?

[ with a gladius and he'd almost died himself and spent part of the fight as unconscious bait. ]

that works!

[disloyalty]

It appeals greatly.

[ And she's the picture of demure sheepishness, her shoulders saying it's not good for good girls to like painful things - even if the knife strapped to her thigh is a cold, insistent pressure against her skin. ]

It's weird, I'm sorry. I'm being embarrassing, you shouldn't mind me.

[antillar]

Nothing embarrassing about it. [ does this lewd grin appeal, too? there is some charm to it, at least. ]

[disloyalty]

[ Oh, sweet boy - have an arched brow. ] Now you're just making fun of a lady. Not a very good thing to do, now.

[antillar]

[ 'boy', please. ] Even if the lady in question is only a lady when it suits her?

[ throw him a bone here. ]

[disloyalty]

[ All men are boys until they become fathers. That's what they taught her, anyway. ] Would it suit me to be otherwise, right now?

[antillar]

You did just say you find it appealing. [ that would be a yes. and really, max would be the first to tell her that he is not father material. ]

[disloyalty]

That I did. Honesty does not get a woman too far, though.

[ Which is a honest observation, coming from her. That is to say, she knows what she wants and how to get it (most of the time), but not everyone is on the same page as she is just as often. ]

[antillar]

Crows. And here I was hoping we could agree to get somewhere, at least.

[disloyalty]

Ah. Would you be a gentleman if I went with you?

[ She's not the sort to pussyfoot around, you'll see. ]

[antillar]

I would be on my best behaviour. I'd even take that bath, first. [ or you could join him. ]

[disloyalty]

[ Matthew would kill him if he heard this, she thinks; the thought pleases her with surprising intensity. ]

Call me Ciela.

[antillar]

[ whoever this matthew is, he sounds like no fun at all. ]

Antillar Maximus, m'lady. Call me Max. [ introductions are not complete without a kiss to her hand. ]

[disloyalty]

[ Overprotective douchebag who thinks he owns the one person who hates his guts for having forced her to kill her own father figure. Complicated relationship, and yes, he's no fun at all. ]

Max. That rolls well on the tongue. [ She'll even offer her hand, yes. ]

[antillar]

[ not that you'd know it looking at him, but max knows a thing or two about complicated relationships ]

Thank you. [ how good of her. he'll kiss her hand with a flourish, then — and promptly use it to pull her closer to him after. ]

[disloyalty]

[ She moves with him, and while she's got a hand's breadth and an arm between them, she's not pushing him away. ]

You're welcome.

[antillar]

[ decidedly good enough for him. for the time being, at least. he has some ideas where he'd like for this to go. ]

So, where would a legionare go for a bath, around here?