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rowancrowned) wrote2015-03-22 06:02 pm
rowancrowned) wrote2015-03-22 06:02 pm
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I feared it, ( he says, and he sets down his papers. ) I did not say I wanted it.
Were you satisfied with your discussion with him?
Were you satisfied with your discussion with him?
I would be happy with either, considering the shortage of both.
( is it splitting hairs to narrowly interpret that question only so far as it goes, and not a broader invitation to discuss that conversation?
probably. but she was specific, and she's decided to be fucking pedantic about it— )
Inasmuch as it was possible to be. I hope you're very satisfied with what you achieved.
( she doesn't sound like she means that. )
probably. but she was specific, and she's decided to be fucking pedantic about it— )
Inasmuch as it was possible to be. I hope you're very satisfied with what you achieved.
( she doesn't sound like she means that. )
I do not think she has lost her fear entirely, but she is no longer panicking, ( he says. his own hair is in a braid, and he slides down in the bed to rest his head on the pillow, but keeps watching her. )
I will not dismiss anyone who comes to me asking for protection.
( it's- old. there are no oaths any more, but he is still compelled by the obligation. )
He has already behaved in a way that is unbecoming to his position. I do not know him; I do not know what value he places on her life.
( it's- old. there are no oaths any more, but he is still compelled by the obligation. )
He has already behaved in a way that is unbecoming to his position. I do not know him; I do not know what value he places on her life.
And it didn't occur to you to discuss any of that with me before you sprang a lot of paranoid, unhelpful horseshit—
( she really stresses the word, drawing it out, underlining it, )
—and blindsided me by expecting my mind to dribble out my ears so I'd be ignorant enough to play along with whatever half-baked theatrical performance that was supposed to fucking be.
'Unbecoming to his position'. And what the fuck was this? Because it wasn't you protecting anyone. I won't applaud you for pissing gasoline onto an open flame.
( she really stresses the word, drawing it out, underlining it, )
—and blindsided me by expecting my mind to dribble out my ears so I'd be ignorant enough to play along with whatever half-baked theatrical performance that was supposed to fucking be.
'Unbecoming to his position'. And what the fuck was this? Because it wasn't you protecting anyone. I won't applaud you for pissing gasoline onto an open flame.
What a fortunately man.
Tea, I suppose, for you cannot have found sugar as well.
Tea, I suppose, for you cannot have found sugar as well.
She was frightened. Has been frightened. I thought your presence would comfort her.
( what gives him pause is- )
You thought that a performance?
( what gives him pause is- )
You thought that a performance?
Forgive me, I must seem ungrateful.
What have I done to earn your charity?
What have I done to earn your charity?
What was I supposed to think? ( with great disdain. ) How exactly was I supposed to comfort her, Thranduil? Did you imagine I would just sit there silently while you took advantage of her fear to make a bad situation worse? I can't comfort someone you are encouraging to be afraid at the same time.
If you want to play power games with your colleagues, do it in your own fucking time and without using people I care for as pawns.
If you want to play power games with your colleagues, do it in your own fucking time and without using people I care for as pawns.
This is not a game, ( disgusted enough with the concept that the word feels like filth in his mouth, ) do you truly- truly, Gwenaëlle, not just in anger- think so little of me?
( followed by thranduil knocking, what, thirty seconds later? close offices. very close. )
( his nose wrinkles at 'coal'. sounds awfully sauron-y of you, buddy. )
None. None of the last. The others- yes.
( he watches tony carefully with the compilation of cosima's legacy. which is how he thinks of it, even when she wasn't the only one to contribute to it. there have been too many rifters for him to start getting sentimental with more than a few. )
Those are categories, not examples. Be specific.
None. None of the last. The others- yes.
( he watches tony carefully with the compilation of cosima's legacy. which is how he thinks of it, even when she wasn't the only one to contribute to it. there have been too many rifters for him to start getting sentimental with more than a few. )
Those are categories, not examples. Be specific.
Thranduil, I don't know what other fucking conclusion you expect me to have drawn.
( it's flatly said. )
The only thing more ridiculous than what you just ambushed me with is the idea that there was any remote likelihood of my taking it at all seriously.
( it's flatly said. )
The only thing more ridiculous than what you just ambushed me with is the idea that there was any remote likelihood of my taking it at all seriously.
Do you suspect Kitty is lying, or was the way she said he behaved in agreement with the way he usually conducts himself? ( he asks. )
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