ceremonious | ( open post )

it's not a waste, rune. not if it means keeping my daughter safe. prove to who? no one's looking at you, witch.

Safe in some hell she didn't choose.
How is that not a waste?

Wrong. I don't want them to see.
Otherwise, I'd be dead.

she'll grow up as i did. it will be hard. but it will make her strong. and when she comes of age she can choose to do as she wishes. i'm not here to coddle her. i'm here to make sure she stays alive. in faerie she has a chance to fight. here, she would already be dead. the same people that drove you to my home in unbearable pain?

[ in all honesty, he stopped reading after the first sentence. ]

Those still sound like excuses.

Something like that.
I'm sure I told you all about it while you had me drugged.

[ why did you ASK ]

you wouldn't understand. you're not fae. i did not drug you. you were in terrible pain and i gave you a very common fae remedy for it. apparently i should have left you to bleed out in the grass.

Still an excuse.
I could say the same about you.
You're not a witch. You wouldn't understand.

Don't talk to me about remedies.
But I suppose I should thank you for helping me.
I wouldn't have made it too long without you.

i wouldn't want to understand a group of fools and their ilk. well, since you now owe me your life, i demand my seafood platter the next time i have the distinct displeasure of seeing you.

You don't know the right witch.

And I don't owe you anything.
You forget you owed me and I collected.
We're even.

i know you. you are a terrible representation of your kind and you should feel ashamed. that favor went above and beyond what we agreed upon. life and death is outside the criteria. i am owed. i like the oysters best.

Ashamed of what?
I've done things for you that no one else could.
Don't think you'll find someone who will either.

Yes, you've said.
I'm still not bringing you oysters.
I'm not bringing you anything.

one thing. you did one thing. you would make a terrible mate. please never marry.

I've done several things.

What does marriage have to do with anything?
I'm not faithful to you.
I owe you nothing.

none come to mind. i don't want to marry you. i'm already married. if you ever do want to get married, take my advice and don't. they will end up leaving you.

[ why does every conversation give him a headache? ]

I never said you did.
You're the one talking about it.
Marriage is different for a witch anyway.
I don't really care for it, so I won't.

that is extremely fortunate, because you will never find anyone who would be willing to marry such a brute. i, on the other hand, have had many suitors.

[ SIGH ]

Sometimes it's not about that.
But good. Go bother one of them for attention.
I don't have time for you or your boasting.

i don't like any of them. how do witches marry, then? for power? alliances? mutual hatred?

You're confusing.

Aren't those normal things to marry for?
It's usually about their magic.

i am not. you're simply stupid. i suppose they are. many fae do the same. i might have done that had i not met sofija.

You don't like them, and you don't like me.
But you're still talking to me.
That's confusing.

Lucky for you then that you escaped such a terrible fate.
Why do you care who I marry anyway?

i'm fond of you in certain lights. it's not terrible. someone would have been very lucky to wed me. i don't. i'm simply trying to spare your potential future spouse the pain and suffering of knowing you.

I'm sure you are.

There's no one else for me but my magic.
I'm fine with that.
Maybe you should accept it too.

[ a good ten minutes later — ]

married to your magic. how romantic. all of it or just the third? i'm out. i'm going home.

Don't belittle me.
I won't be tagged forever.

Good.
Find something else to do that doesn't involve talking to me.

i wonder if you are more or less insufferable without it. i plan on sleeping. don't forget about my oysters.

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