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allscalesfinal) wrote2014-03-17 11:05 am
allscalesfinal) wrote2014-03-17 11:05 am
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CONTACT POST: WALDEMAR
[This dragon is always available for quests or a chat.]
[apparently fussing over a giant barrel, like what you'd serve ale out of]
Ah, Lace? Hello.
Ah, Lace? Hello.
Perhaps your opinion, in a moment.
[carefully carving a picture of a boar into the wood on one side with a talon]
[carefully carving a picture of a boar into the wood on one side with a talon]
[he finishes after a few minutes, the carving simplistic but decent enough]
[coming over to look at it and giving him a few helpful tips, don't ask me what they are i'm not an artist]
Yes. This one thinks it looks much better. Thank you.
[a pause]
I came for a quest, but before that, may I ask you a question?
I came for a quest, but before that, may I ask you a question?
It is how th-....how I had always spoken, as a king.
That's interesting. I never heard anyone use that terminology in the courts back home.
As a king, it established a particular distance between myself and all others. Not referring overmuch to my person as "I" was a way of elevating myself above the grand majority who did....to underline my royal standing of absolute power.
As a dragon, speaking in the same way now is meant to reverse that elevation. This one is no longer a human being. This one is not an "I" but a creature distanced and divorced from the humanity that "I" implies.
If that does not make sense, this one will understand. 'Tis simply an old habit in many ways.
As a dragon, speaking in the same way now is meant to reverse that elevation. This one is no longer a human being. This one is not an "I" but a creature distanced and divorced from the humanity that "I" implies.
If that does not make sense, this one will understand. 'Tis simply an old habit in many ways.
Ah, no, I believe I understand. But I want you to know that I don't consider us any different than the difference between me and any normal human.
[walking out of the room waldemar has provided her to get more paper, not noticing that there's a streak of paint on her face]
[she pauses, blinking]
...Eveningstar?
[there's a bit of surprise, but it's dull]
...Eveningstar?
[there's a bit of surprise, but it's dull]
[if she gets close enough, it'll become obvious she's been crying]
Nothing. I was just... I needed time to think.
Nothing. I was just... I needed time to think.
We won the game several days ago and the memory I regained was... I'm sorry.
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