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tell him how pretty he is
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altusimperius
2023-03-16 05:34 am (UTC)
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What
did
happen between you and Ellie?
[He's trying not to sound too curious, but: dish, bitch]
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armd
2023-03-16 05:51 am (UTC)
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(Pause.)
I don't mind telling you,
(this is honest,)
but it's fucked up.
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altusimperius
2023-03-16 05:55 am (UTC)
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[Say what one will about Benedict, he can read a room (most of the time). Abby's sincerity inspires some from him in turn, perceptible in how all wryness is gone when he says:]
Go on.
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armd
2023-03-16 06:08 am (UTC)
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(Oh boy.
Okay:)
I hunted down and killed somebody she loved. She didn't see... all of it, but she was there when I ended it.
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altusimperius
2023-03-16 06:17 am (UTC)
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...oh.
[Well that's a little more than the standard drama one expects from This Kind Of Woman.]
Shit.
[He's silent for a long moment, then:]
Why?
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armd
2023-03-16 06:21 am (UTC)
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(Tonelessly,)
Because he murdered my dad.
(So. There you go.)
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altusimperius
2023-03-16 06:26 am (UTC)
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Oh.
[Another pause.]
There are worse reasons.
...I think.
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armd
2023-03-16 06:28 am (UTC)
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Probably.
(She feels weird now.
Impulsively,)
D'you wish you didn't ask.
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altusimperius
2023-03-16 06:34 am (UTC)
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What?
[He hesitates, but:]
No.
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armd
2023-03-16 06:38 am (UTC)
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... Okay.
(She's trusting him, here.)
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altusimperius
2023-03-17 03:07 am (UTC)
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[Her trust isn't misplaced, despite how it may seem.]
It's fine.
People do bad shit to each other sometimes.
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armd
2023-03-18 11:33 pm (UTC)
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(Abby laughs. He says it so plainly it sounds insane.)
I don't want people 'taking sides'.
(The thought sickens her, really.)
But- people keep coming to start shit with
me
. This doesn't happen to her.
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altusimperius
2023-03-18 11:36 pm (UTC)
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You’ve got a toughness about you. They’re probably trying to prove something to themselves by picking a fight.
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armd
2023-03-18 11:42 pm (UTC)
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Maybe.
(But she can see what he's trying to do.)
Thanks.
(... Actually, it's suspicious.)
You're being kinda nice to me.
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altusimperius
2023-03-18 11:51 pm (UTC)
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[oh no ew]
Uh, and… you dress like a mud farmer.
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armd
2023-03-18 11:54 pm (UTC)
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(Much better!)
As if that's a real thing.
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altusimperius
2023-03-19 12:00 am (UTC)
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It's Ferelden's primary export.
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armd
2023-03-20 02:07 am (UTC)
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Har har.
(On that note, and because she's back in menace mode,)
Edgard.
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altusimperius
2023-03-20 03:12 am (UTC)
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You know?
[attack parried.]
Not the worst, if convinced to bathe.
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armd
2023-03-20 03:45 am (UTC)
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I
do
know. Unfortunately.
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altusimperius
2023-03-20 03:47 am (UTC)
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[With a gasp of delight:]
You
do?
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armd
2023-03-20 03:52 am (UTC)
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...
No.
Not like that!
(YIKES)
He told me about you!
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altusimperius
2023-03-20 03:57 am (UTC)
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[a long silence follows. the temperature drops somehow, despite this being over crystal.]
he what.
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2023-03-20 03:59 (UTC)
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armd
2023-03-20 04:06 am (UTC)
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(uh oh?
Abby senses that she should stress,)
He didn't
want
to, it was back when we all had that fucking soup and told people the truth.
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altusimperius
2023-03-20 04:07 am (UTC)
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[That's,
a little less bad. But not Not bad.]
What did he
say?
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[He's trying not to sound too curious, but: dish, bitch]
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I don't mind telling you, (this is honest,) but it's fucked up.
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Go on.
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Okay:) I hunted down and killed somebody she loved. She didn't see... all of it, but she was there when I ended it.
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[Well that's a little more than the standard drama one expects from This Kind Of Woman.]
Shit.
[He's silent for a long moment, then:]
Why?
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(So. There you go.)
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[Another pause.]
There are worse reasons.
...I think.
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(She feels weird now.
Impulsively,) D'you wish you didn't ask.
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[He hesitates, but:]
No.
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(She's trusting him, here.)
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It's fine.
People do bad shit to each other sometimes.
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I don't want people 'taking sides'. (The thought sickens her, really.) But- people keep coming to start shit with me. This doesn't happen to her.
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(... Actually, it's suspicious.) You're being kinda nice to me.
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Uh, and… you dress like a mud farmer.
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(On that note, and because she's back in menace mode,) Edgard.
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[attack parried.]
Not the worst, if convinced to bathe.
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You do?
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(YIKES) He told me about you!
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he what.
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Abby senses that she should stress,) He didn't want to, it was back when we all had that fucking soup and told people the truth.
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a little less bad. But not Not bad.]
What did he say?
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