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[4thprince]

tbh

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[4thprince]

She's a puppeteer it seems like. Distant but pulling all our strings.

Are you going?

[guylining]

yeah, cause i don't see the point in not

maybe she has answers for us, or knows who does
maybe she's responsible for all of this and there's some evidence in the castle that points to that
maybe she knows nothing about it but someone else up there does

it's been closed to us, im gonna take the opportunity

you?

[4thprince]

The same, of course. Whatever comes next, she's at least the start of it.

[guylining]

yeah i think so too.

she resurrected people.

[4thprince]

That unnerves you most?

[guylining]

idk if most

but it unnerves me

that's a big taboo where i'm from. old, forbidden magic, most people have never even read it about it. and she just did it openly.

[4thprince]

I'm more concerned about the fact that we can turn into monsters than her ability to revive the dead personally. Her skill is a lesser horror.

[guylining]

i mean I'm definitely not happy about that

but it reads like a curse
complete with curse marks and everything
it has werewolf vibes
and like i don't love that especially like for me, that's definitely not my vibe and i very badly want to break the curse

but there's werewolves where i'm from you know? it's objectively less weird to think about that than it is to think about death just not meaning anything at all

[4thprince]

Is there not immortality where you're from?

[guylining]

among vampires, demons etc? sure

[4thprince]

Then should the concept of those that cheat death not be new to you?

[guylining]

it's not the same

but like i'm not stuck on it or anything, i've read those old texts

i just appreciate that there's reasons why things are forbidden, more than i used to

[4thprince]

You also apply the rules of your world to others. I'd keep a more open mind if I were you.

[guylining]

hey, i have an open mind

just cause i believe what i know doesn't mean i'm not willing to know different

[4thprince]

But you start with what you know. You need to start as if you know nothing.

[guylining]

nobody can do that

even if they think they can. everyone always has biases and prejudices based on what they think they know

[4thprince]

You can try, can't you? I'm not saying it's completely possible but at the very least maybe don't walk up to the duchess and ask about her forbidden magic and risk offending her the way you did me when we met.

Or do and see if she takes calling it that kindly.

[guylining]

excuse me i'll have you know i talked to her already and was nothing but polite!

i thanked her for bringing them back in fact

[4thprince]

So I'm just a special case?

[guylining]

you were a demon

i spent years running from a demon who wanted to consume me

it's not just some abstract forbidden magic that i've never seem performed before, it was real and it happened to me and all i wanted to make sure of was that it wasn't about to happen again in this world that seems an awful lot like hell to me

i'm very sorry for offending you all right
i did think we already talked that through but i guess it's still a thing

do you want me to find a different room?

[4thprince]

Is it the psychic connection that kills my tone or just your sensitivity?

Find a room if you choose, but I come barbed. Be prepared to deal with it if you stay. If it's serious from me, you'll know.

But my point still stands as that was the primary interaction for me to advise on. You say one second you can't keep prejudice out then the next that you can and were a saint to her. I can only respond to what's in front of me.

[guylining]

you can't not be prejudiced, i obviously don't trust her

but showing her that wasn't going to get me anywhere

i wasn't putting on any front with you that day, i was exhausted and hungry and couldn't even glamour my clothes. my judgment wasn't at its best.

[4thprince]

As I said, I only have what I know.

Up to you if you choose to leave.

[guylining]

you're the one who said we have to act like we know nothing not five minutes ago

[4thprince]

Know of you. That I learned here. Not from my prejudices.