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[4thprince]

tbh

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[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.

[guylining]

i want to stay

look, my boyfriend is a demon. i'm not blind to nuance
and honestly i don't think i've been terrible to you outside those first five minutes

which again, i'm sorry for.

[4thprince]

Again, I'm not holding a grudge. It's just my humor.

[guylining]

if you say so

could be i'm sensitive

[4thprince]

That is fair. I remember how I was the first time I was captured. Raw and angry all the time...

I will try to rein my humor in in that regard. Ziede would say I'm barbed because it's easier than being real.

[guylining]

anna would tell me to calm down, probably

[ Or she'd tell him to plug into therapy or something. ]

i was angry last time
i didn't think there'd be a second time so soon

[4thprince]

It does wear on you after awhile.

[guylining]

i wish thorn were here.

[4thprince]

Sorry. Just your second rate demon roommate instead.

[guylining]

no it's not that
you're okay
i mean you're not funny but you're nice and all

i just miss him. normally we deal with shit like this together
if i think too much about what it might mean to be trapped here i'll spin out
so i'm trying not to
the duchess feels like a possibility, i mostly just hope we don't run out of those

[4thprince]

I'm hilarious.

But there's always a possibility. We just have to find it, even if our first ones dry up.

[guylining]

you think so?

i hope you're right

[4thprince]

You don't strike me as the type to give up, either.

[guylining]

i'm not. i've got out of crazy traps before

i didn't really leave my world in the best shape though