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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Unseen to Cazista, a tiny clutch of seeds dropped from his hair to rest in the cracks in the stone floor. "I'm from a world where the air is so poisonous half a breath of it could kill you, where the people are born without hearts and what few humans there are serve as either pets or food." Which was exaggerating a bit, that was only in the parts closest to (and arguably caused by) the human world.
"But, even there, beautiful things could be found, flowers can grow. Even from stone." He smiled at the last bit, pouring his youki into the seeds. They were just grasses and wildflowers, but they grew with such rapidity, maturing and germinating like a little tide of green, that in only a moment the entire floor was covered in a carpet of grass and bright flowers.
All right, it was egregious. But he wanted to see the look on her face.
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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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"Is that worth? Just a job?" He may be half of one, but he didn't think he'd ever understand humans completely.
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"...blow up?"
It was the simplest question.
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"Anyway, none of that is really important. I mean it when I say you don't need to live in fear of someone lording over you. This place provides more than enough for everyone to protect themselves."
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