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[tatty_bye]

A new Admiral? I, for one, approve of the change. [He says this but his heart just doesn't sound like it's in it.] I wait with baited breath to see where it is we shall land.

[Private to Merlin]

It seemed prudent to ascertain whether you were still on the ship.

(ooc: So after the snow globe incident, Reaver has been holed up in his room, predominantly. He hasn't attended shifts in the kitchen, he hasn't talked to anyone, he hasn't even looked at the network.)

Comments

Private

[tatty_bye]

Fine. [Flippantly] I stayed to burn the village to the ground.

[tatty_bye]

I disagree. He appears to be helming the ship, after all.

I assume, then, that he's in charge of whatever deals you dear Wardens have made.

If he decides to keep them.

[tatty_bye]

If it has occurred before, then it was well before my time.

Private

[takeyouapart]

[A beat.]

No, you didn't.

Private

[tatty_bye]

Yes, I did.

Private

[takeyouapart]

So give me the snowglobe and let me see it for myself.

Private

[tatty_bye]

That won't be necessary.

Private

[takeyouapart]

Of course not.

Private

[tatty_bye]

What am I to do now, then?

Private

[takeyouapart]

If you could go home tomorrow, what would you do?

Private

[tatty_bye]

I don't have my alternative yet, do I?

[A sigh]

I do not know. Assuming that the Queen is successful in her endeavors, I will have a home outside of Bloodstone to return to.

Private

[takeyouapart]

And in the long term?

Say that coming here broke your bond to the Shadow Court. No more need for sacrifices. What would you do with the rest of your life?

Private

[tatty_bye]

Aside from live it?

[He supposes he should give him something genuine or he'll never let it go.]

I'm going to find my sister.

Private

[takeyouapart]

...

You know she might be beyond your reach now, Reaver.

Private

[tatty_bye]

That's never stopped me before.

Private

[takeyouapart]

You would make another deal with the Shadow Court in exchange for her life?

Private

[tatty_bye]

Why does every endeavor have to involve them?

Private

[takeyouapart]

It doesn't.

Would you?

Private

[tatty_bye]

I don't know.

[thestarishere]

I'm takin' that as a no then.

[tatty_bye]

That would be wise.

[thestarishere]

And just what's that s'posed to mean, huh?

[He didn't like your tone, Reaver.]

[tatty_bye]

My my, but you must have been the clever one in your circle of friends before coming here.

[Sigh]

It means that an obvious "no" should be taken as a "no."

[strangehistorian]

I will not be discussing this with you.

Everything will be restored. Continue as usual.

Private

[takeyouapart]

[And he's not going to add any more to this, because he figures the question of why Reaver hasn't graduated yet has been pretty eloquently answered here and he can reach that conclusion himself.]