a moderately enjoyable outing

[curiositydies]

Who: Edward Nigma and Kel'Thuzad
What: Wandering around, sitting in the library and keeping away from people, and eventually taking a trip up to the CES.
When: Afternoon, probably!
Where: Library, then CES.

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[curiositydies]

He's reading intently, and it takes him a moment to realise somebody is talking to him. He relaxes a little when he recognises the man sitting across from him.

"I take particular interest in different cultures," he murmurs, motioning to the books around him. Necromancy was interesting, yes, but after he'd spent long years honing the only powers available to him he'd had a certain desire for new knowledge - he was a scholar, after all. The brief gleans of other cultures he'd gotten in his studies, and his discussions with Anub'arak, had provided just enough to interest him. "Necromancy is all well and good, but books cannot exactly be transported to a citadel without causing some fuss."

These books didn't have quite the material he was looking for, but they were quite interesting nonetheless.

[curiositydies]

He keeps reading, and it takes him a little while to answer.

"He did not exactly require my presence," he says, still turning pages, eyes moving over the words. "Before he...rose, he did not respond for some time. I was responsible for holding off the Alliance, the Scarlet Crusade, the Argent Dawn and the Forsaken, as they were attempting to take over the territory assigned under my protection."

There's a hint of bitterness in his tone at that first sentence, but it's only a flash. He is good at hiding his true feelings.

"I was very useful to him, yes."

[curiositydies]

"'Willing' implies true choice," he murmurs, still in the same flat, calm tone. "The King gathers his servants by obfuscation and trickery, and does not let them know the true extent of their servitude until it is too late to turn back. From there, he compels loyalty from his new pawns." He should know better than anyone - he was ensnared by his own thirst for knowledge, promises of dark power.

"But yes. Subservient, as a descriptor, could be easily applied."

[curiositydies]

"Hn." That seems to have shut off that line of conversation; you can almost see his expression shift, much more guarded - but it relaxes again when another subject is switched to.

"...That would be preferable. I would like to see it."

He gets up, at that.