And where was this place? No sooner had her family been reconciled, than they'd faced Antonio's wrath, that Vindici had dared brave the deeds that had increased that fickle lord's holdings. It took little imagination to guess at what fate awaited them, and yet she was here, in a room too drab for the Duke's liking even in a dungeon. Some oubliette
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He managed to just barely nick his shoulder on the door to the sorting room when he came in, all in fresh bandages and a ratty old Ramones t-shirt and ratty old designer jeans. He looked like a fashion-conscious mummy.
"And surviving it, which is more useful than succumbing to the pain," Kurama said, of her answer to the Hufflepuff question. "That trait is admirable."
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"Canst thee think of nothing, then, that it would be better not to survive? I can."
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"I can't speak for most people," he said at length, putting his hands (carefully, they still ached something fierce at times) in his pockets. "But I can't think of a single time I'd have rather died than survive and come back stronger. I may lose a limb, or," he smiled wryly, "an eye, but if I have survived intact enough to deal back what was done tenfold, then I consider it an accomplishment."
He paused a moment, and then added, "being dead is not all that great a gift, even in the most painful of experiences." He should know; he'd been there more than once.
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"Do you not believe your own worth, then?" He asked, realizing that it was very difficult not to drop a thee or thou in the sentence. "All losses are terrible, whether great or small, but none so much as the loss of your sense of self."
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"A harlot might paint herself to seem fair," she said uncertainly.
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He bowed his head briefly, both in respect and a little sadness. "I suppose a harlot isn't allowed to be fair beyond the use others put her to?" He bit the inside of his cheek. That might have come out too harsh, and he didn't want any more fights for a long time. "Forgive me, I was impulsive. Give me a minute to catch my breath and I'll take them back."
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"Sometimes ugliness is necessary for survival, and we cover it with something falsely pretty. But beauty, the truth of it, still exists. I don't bother laying traps where none are required."
He began to pull his youki back, a little too hastily. The flowers began to wither and he winced at the sight of them. The conversation in metaphor. Such drama.
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"I'll try to be simpler next time," he said, feeling more than a little frustrated. Maybe it was a human thing, but he couldn't understand not asserting an ego. She looked like she could kick his ass, but that answer... he shrugged. "I am sure you are useful for more than you seem to think. More positive than ruin, anyway."
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