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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:21 pm
Rosalind moved her nervous fingers over his lips, silencing him. "When Mother calls upon us, we will answer, but until that time, let us not cause more to crumble." She looked down, away, repulsed by her lies.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:25 pm
He looked innocently into her eyes, unblinking, like a small child. "But Mother has already called upon me to smite the man who spat in her face!"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:35 pm
"But..." Rosalind searched for an excuse to disobey. "But you mustn't..." She took a deep breath. "... Because I am in love with him." Rosalind was embarrassed to say such things, but if it might save his life, she was willing to take such risks.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:39 pm
"And that is as Mother intended. Mother intended her people to be fruitful and multiply, and we were made for each other so that Mother could grow strong in her resolve. Yet, mother knew the frustration men could be, and so she fixed me to be better for you. I will do anything for you."
(My! That was a challenge!)
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:42 pm
[Well, I can't have you pummeling each other, so. I'm afraid I may have tied poor Ryukai into something he'd have preferred not be involved in, though...] Rosalind had overcome her fear for him, now, and was quite in love. Sadly, she whispered, "Anything?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:44 pm
(So you aren't disturbed by the fact that 'Mother' 'fixed' his mind?)
"Yes. Anything. I would even run off of a cliff if it would make you smile."
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:50 pm
[That comes second to the peace-making. I am of the opinion that one should resolve conflicts before heightening tensions arise.] "Please," she said, "I would never wish such a thing." She fixed her eyes in his, then. "Would you disobey Mother?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:53 pm
"I will not defy a direct order directly."
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:56 pm
Rosalind bit her lip, again. "Good," she said. She took a ragged breath. "You won't hurt him?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:59 pm
"If I more important things to attend to. Mother wishes me to be a servant to both you and her, but I was made for you, and certain... concessions have been allowed."
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:02 pm
Rosalind smiled, slightly, with relief. "I am not in love with him," she admitted. "I lied to you."
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:09 pm
"Mother knew it. She told me. Even if you were not lying, I would have still been here for you."
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:12 pm
Rosalind sighed and thought, bitterly, of how sad it was that he needed be brainwashed to ever feel anything like love for her. [Yes, I know he wasn't brainwashed at the beginning, she's just being pathetic. We have that in common, she and I.] "Thank you," she said, softly. "Is Mother upset at me?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:19 pm
"No. May I ask why she should be?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:21 pm
"Have I not wronged her," Rosalind asked carefully, "By betraying her wills for an ungrateful mortal?" The duel roles were beginning to make Rosalind feel even less sincere.
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