( it has been more than a year since gwenaëlle and thranduil met. two months past, that anniversary - which is not an anniversary, and thus did not require marking, in any case. so she did not mark it. had not even thought, until hearing his voice across the crystals, marking time.
a year ago, they had an argument. it had been the beginning of her newsletter, business she has since set aside - it had been very politely done, for all her private sound and fury. and she had gathered up her lady's dignity and attended his archery nonsense, and they had been civil, and she had promised to help him with orlesian.
nearly one year ago precisely, now.
a runner brings to him a slim introductory volume of orlesian vocabulary and grammar, with the following note: )
Ser Coupe has bid me acquire the ability to defend myself without constant supervision. It will nevertheless remain my preference to leave the excursions outside of the Inquisition's walls to those better suited.
G.
( which seems unsentimental in the extreme, without more close examination. but he has his explanation, now, for her upset, and more than that - that she remembers each and every thing he's ever said to her. )
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a year ago, they had an argument. it had been the beginning of her newsletter, business she has since set aside - it had been very politely done, for all her private sound and fury. and she had gathered up her lady's dignity and attended his archery nonsense, and they had been civil, and she had promised to help him with orlesian.
nearly one year ago precisely, now.
a runner brings to him a slim introductory volume of orlesian vocabulary and grammar, with the following note: )
Ser Coupe has bid me acquire the ability to defend myself without constant supervision. It will nevertheless remain my preference to leave the excursions outside of the Inquisition's walls to those better suited.
G.
( which seems unsentimental in the extreme, without more close examination. but he has his explanation, now, for her upset, and more than that - that she remembers each and every thing he's ever said to her. )