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Sep. 4th, 2016 09:36 pm{Continued from here}
Sinric heads down the stairs and out into the gardens, a wrap pulled around his shoulders and his hair still damp. He breathes in the scent of approaching evening as if committing it to memory before turning towards the lake.
He has no idea which way Athelstan might have gone but the lake always seems like a good place to start.
Sinric heads down the stairs and out into the gardens, a wrap pulled around his shoulders and his hair still damp. He breathes in the scent of approaching evening as if committing it to memory before turning towards the lake.
He has no idea which way Athelstan might have gone but the lake always seems like a good place to start.
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:05 am (UTC)"It would be a great breach of etiquette", Athelstan agrees. "The guest has obligations, as well as rights. Was he ever invited back?"
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 11:18 am (UTC)"So that his family disowned him", Athelstan guesses, "to try to distance themselves from his shame?"
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 11:25 am (UTC)"She was still a wild animal", he agrees, "gentle nature or not."
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 11:35 am (UTC)"One more sign of his reasonable thinking."
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 11:39 am (UTC)Athelstan glances at him, then looks at the book.
"So, these stories..."
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:47 am (UTC)He runs his hands over the pages, opening it to his favourite story. "I learnt this as a song when I was quite young. It is one of my favourite songs still. The hunter prince who falls in love with simple maid and peruse her, much against her will."
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:48 am (UTC)"I remember other stories like that. Usually God - or a god - intervenes in some way to make the maid safe."
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Date: 2016-09-18 11:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 11:55 am (UTC)"What became of her in this tale?"
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Date: 2016-09-18 12:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 12:10 pm (UTC)He reaches for the book and begins to read in silence.
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Date: 2016-09-18 12:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 12:26 pm (UTC)Athelstan glances up when he notices Sinric has moved, and follows.
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Date: 2016-09-18 12:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-18 12:38 pm (UTC)Then that may be what happens, as he curls up on the couch.
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Date: 2016-09-19 11:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-19 12:11 pm (UTC)He shrugs slightly, shifting his legs as they suddenly begin complaining.
"I'm not really hungry."
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Date: 2016-09-19 11:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-19 11:06 pm (UTC)"You can come back. Not with the food, of course, but after."
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Date: 2016-09-19 11:10 pm (UTC)"It's fine", Athelstan assures him.
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