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ladyfrownsalot) wrote2021-06-10 05:48 pm
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ladyfrownsalot) wrote2021-06-10 05:48 pm
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"That's not - never mind. It matters. Okay?"
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"...Okay. Great. Glad we understand each other."
She wishes he'd just read her file already while simultaneously being incredibly glad that he hasn't.
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"I don't know," she says, and shrugs, throwing her hands up. Fortunately she put the teacup down first.
"Some people are meant to do certain things. If I did know how it worked then maybe my life would've been easier, but I haven't cracked all the secrets of the universe. Sorry."
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"What I mean is, how is it determined. If there's books that say so, or a mural or -or some sort of crazy old woman who lives in the woods who says these things and people write them down." He continues. "Whether... someone feels that destiny, like a physical force. Or if events will bend themselves unreasonably to make sure it happens. If it's real, then surely there's... well, a method to it. Ways that it's real. Hopefully, that makes more sense."
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Cassandra sits with that question for several moments.
"I felt it," she says finally, voice quiet but firm. "I felt it when it was taken from me. And I felt it when I took it back."
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"I've never heard of destiny being something someone could take. Is that... if you could explain how that works."
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"No," Cassandra says bluntly. "No, I couldn't."
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"Even though you took it back?"
No compel; he's being careful but he can't stop wondering.
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"Yeah. Even though."
You do not need Entity-given powers of observation to tell that she is getting very close to the limits of her tolerance for this line of enquiry.
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Moving on.
"Have you trusted anyone since Rapunzel?"
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"...No." She laughs bitterly. "Convenient, really, because nobody trusts me either."
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There better be.
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"That they didn't trust me? Because I took the Moonstone. I claimed its power. And that made me the bad guy."
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"No. They didn't. But by then I didn't really care about the risk to her," Cassandra says. "I was just so sick of following her around, trying to keep her safe, tolerating her acting like we were friends when when it really came down to it? She was the special one and I was just staff. She never cared about me."
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"So... she does something foolish that she knew she couldn't control, maims you, and all is well. And you do something that will save her" and he does not say 'stupid' but it's so clear he's thinking it "life. And you're enemy number one. Do I have that right?"
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"...Yes."
She finishes her tea.
"I mean, I did go back to her kingdom and conquer it, but that didn't happen until later and they'd already very much decided I was a lost cause."
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She pulls a face at him.
"How many people do you think I've been talking to? You're the first person who could have any opinion on this."
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He's never hated a character from a fairy tale before. Something new and special for him.
"To be fair," he says at regular volume, "some people are more open than others. I can't imagine a person on board-"
Beat.
"All right, I can imagine one person but he's a bit weird. But! Most people would not see that as a logical string of events. Not even a little."
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"Yeah, well, I'm not sure logical is a word anybody uses to talk about business-as-usual in Corona," Cassandra scoffs. "The heir to the throne has fifty feet of unbreakable hair. I once spent hours trapped in a magic mirror while my evil double stalked everyone I showed up with. We all got turned into birds one time. 'Logical' isn't a thing."
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