The former for certain, the latter only if you desire it.
Everything this one creates for the purposes of a quest - jewelry, food, and much else - is imbued with a magic that will communicate their answers to me.
[....he's quiet for a minute, shifting his gaze to a mound of treasure instead]
When this one was a mortal man, there came a time when the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others were scorned and cast aside as though worthless. Rather than a worldly perspective of balance and nuance, as befitted a king, I pursued a self-serving reality where the only answers that mattered were my own.
This one cannot bear to be so selfishly ignorant again. That is a cold, lonesome, and wretchedly boring existence.
Well, my world was rather dangerous. There were dragons, but not kind and generous ones like you, and gryphons and ogres and sickness. My sister always swore that she would rid the land of these things, but I was too afraid to consider it. But things changed, and I learned that maybe it's something that could be done.
A good deal of my childhood was spent being afraid, but sometimes I think about what it would be like to feel truly safe somewhere down the road. Years from now, mm, with my sister never far away, and with a husband and children of my own. Somewhere I wouldn't have to constantly worry about them all... That's something I would fight for.
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Date: 2014-07-14 04:32 am (UTC)As is natural. What do you desire?
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Date: 2014-07-14 04:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-14 04:35 am (UTC)This one shall prepare the terms. Please hold out your hand.
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Date: 2014-07-14 04:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-14 04:44 am (UTC)Wear this, and ask seven people thus: their most cherished ambition, and the lengths they would go to in order to achieve it.
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Date: 2014-07-14 04:46 am (UTC)It's lovely. Do I only need to wear it when I ask them, or all the time until the quest is done?
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Date: 2014-07-14 04:49 am (UTC)Everything this one creates for the purposes of a quest - jewelry, food, and much else - is imbued with a magic that will communicate their answers to me.
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Date: 2014-07-14 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-14 05:03 am (UTC)When this one was a mortal man, there came a time when the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others were scorned and cast aside as though worthless. Rather than a worldly perspective of balance and nuance, as befitted a king, I pursued a self-serving reality where the only answers that mattered were my own.
This one cannot bear to be so selfishly ignorant again. That is a cold, lonesome, and wretchedly boring existence.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:06 am (UTC)[a small smile]
Do you want to know what my answer would be?
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:07 am (UTC)Of course.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:16 am (UTC)A good deal of my childhood was spent being afraid, but sometimes I think about what it would be like to feel truly safe somewhere down the road. Years from now, mm, with my sister never far away, and with a husband and children of my own. Somewhere I wouldn't have to constantly worry about them all... That's something I would fight for.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:20 am (UTC)....That is a noble ambition to strive for. But you do not need this one to tell you that.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-14 05:31 am (UTC)'Tis a difficult choice. This one regrets much and desires even more still.
But above all.....to not repeat the folly of the past.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-14 05:36 am (UTC)This one could, if complacency overtakes vigilance.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-14 05:44 am (UTC)If one lives, one can change. That has been this one's hope, but it is a double-edged sword.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-14 05:53 am (UTC)But whether I am appreciated, or despised, the only one that can carry out my most cherished ambition....is me. This one cannot lose sight of that.
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:56 am (UTC)...Do you know how to fly?
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Date: 2014-07-14 05:57 am (UTC)Yes.
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Date: 2014-07-14 06:00 am (UTC)no subject
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