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Indulgence
I think after another week of this I will have earned the right to slaughter someone.
"Or it means that a skilled poisoner acting alone set events in motion that villified you before a misguided populace." Exaulte pointed out, leaning back in his cushioned throne. "This 'conspiracy' could be more limited in scope than you fear."
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"Tell me something, your highness... why are you asking me all of these questions, anyway? You're the strategist. I'll follow your orders even if they don't make sense." Lilinara curled up cautiously on the cot, flinching at the touch of even the smooth satin sheets on her tender skin.
"Never mind, Lilly. Just play along. How would you handle Banebridge?"
"Burn it to the ground?" There was a hopeful note in her voice that made Exaulte's head snap up.
"Lilinara..."
"I was joking. Mostly joking, anyway. I'd send Valerin in with the human members of your personal guard to arrest the council and the staff at the inn... No. I'd send you in with the human members of your personal guard."
"Are you really that irritated with me? Is my life no longer precious to you?"
"You have your armor laid out. You were already planning to go. Stop baiting me. I've had a long day." Lilinara flung a pillow directly at her liege lord's head. Exaulte chuckled, deftly snatching the missile from the air and laying it on his desk.
"You know, attacking the heir apparent could be considered treason..." The next pillow caught him squarely in the face as he turned back to Lilinara.
"You have a lot of pillows." She said simply, staring at him, her golden eyes unblinking. Through great effort, she managed to hold the expression, fighting the urge to smile. Exaulte just shook his head in mock exasperation and endured this most recent indignity.
"I'm glad to see you're recovering so quickly. Now tell me why I'm planning to visit your little village tomorrow."
"Because you're a spoiled little princeling who thinks that getting burned alive makes a great drinking story." Lilinara paused, taking a moment to enjoy the stunned look on Exaulte's face that slowly melted into an expression of hurt, and continued on before he had a chance to respond. "Because they are YOUR people and you plan on reminding them of it. Now please tell me why you're asking me all these damned questions instead of letting me get something to eat and get some sleep before I march back into the fire?"
"No knowledge is wasted, Lilly. Besides, I have a few ideas..." Exaulte shook his head. "And if I ever want any of them to come to fruition, I will work through them without involving you. No more questions."
"Or it means that a skilled poisoner acting alone set events in motion that villified you before a misguided populace." Exaulte pointed out, leaning back in his cushioned throne. "This 'conspiracy' could be more limited in scope than you fear."
***
"Tell me something, your highness... why are you asking me all of these questions, anyway? You're the strategist. I'll follow your orders even if they don't make sense." Lilinara curled up cautiously on the cot, flinching at the touch of even the smooth satin sheets on her tender skin.
"Never mind, Lilly. Just play along. How would you handle Banebridge?"
"Burn it to the ground?" There was a hopeful note in her voice that made Exaulte's head snap up.
"Lilinara..."
"I was joking. Mostly joking, anyway. I'd send Valerin in with the human members of your personal guard to arrest the council and the staff at the inn... No. I'd send you in with the human members of your personal guard."
"Are you really that irritated with me? Is my life no longer precious to you?"
"You have your armor laid out. You were already planning to go. Stop baiting me. I've had a long day." Lilinara flung a pillow directly at her liege lord's head. Exaulte chuckled, deftly snatching the missile from the air and laying it on his desk.
"You know, attacking the heir apparent could be considered treason..." The next pillow caught him squarely in the face as he turned back to Lilinara.
"You have a lot of pillows." She said simply, staring at him, her golden eyes unblinking. Through great effort, she managed to hold the expression, fighting the urge to smile. Exaulte just shook his head in mock exasperation and endured this most recent indignity.
"I'm glad to see you're recovering so quickly. Now tell me why I'm planning to visit your little village tomorrow."
"Because you're a spoiled little princeling who thinks that getting burned alive makes a great drinking story." Lilinara paused, taking a moment to enjoy the stunned look on Exaulte's face that slowly melted into an expression of hurt, and continued on before he had a chance to respond. "Because they are YOUR people and you plan on reminding them of it. Now please tell me why you're asking me all these damned questions instead of letting me get something to eat and get some sleep before I march back into the fire?"
"No knowledge is wasted, Lilly. Besides, I have a few ideas..." Exaulte shook his head. "And if I ever want any of them to come to fruition, I will work through them without involving you. No more questions."
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Comment by Dominus Digg on October 1, 2008 at 12:01pm -
Nice dialogue. Paints Exaulte as uncertain but masking it casually.
Was there some subtext to the pillow throwing?
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