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[risegloriana]

[It's not quite a Christmas message from the Queen... but all the same, there's Elizabeth, sitting at her desk, look exceedingly tired. It might be a festive season but she's got far too much on her mind. Still, she's a woman whose dealt with far worse, faced war and persecution and her own execution -- what is a few family problems

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[daddysknife]

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...That was your mom?

[She doesn't talk about others much anyway, so she doesn't think she needs to point out that she'll keep her mouth shut.]

[risegloriana]

Yes. The Lady Anne Boleyn. [In a tone that clearly says she'll be respected as such.]

[daddysknife]

[Jo will call her ma'am, but humans are humans and she never paid attention to the human history she learned in school.]

That sucks. [She shrugs minutely.]

Uh, also, thanks for the earrings.

[risegloriana]

[Pity she hadn't, Anne Boleyn did more for the world than most.]

Does it? [she's not in the best mood, and she doesn't have the will to pretend it.]

You're welcome, I hope you get some use out of them.

[daddysknife]

Yeah, of course it does. It's your d- [Shit, don't say dead. That can of worms is staying closed if she can help it.] It's your mom and it's been a while.

[She shrugs.]

I'll try to wear 'em where you can see one day. Even if they're way too expensive.

[risegloriana]

A while? A while? She was executed by my father when I was two. Never mind awhile, it never was!

[Her temper isn't taking any of this well. Everything is irritating her. She took a deep breath.] That was... wrong of me, you cannot know how this is. [Since it had been made very clear to her that executions weren't a done thing any more, let alone of family members.]

Hardly.

[daddysknife]

You're right, I don't know exactly how it is. [She had some years with her father.]

But I can be pretty damn sure it's hard. ...If you need to talk, you can come by the Roadhouse.

[risegloriana]

Thank you, my lady. Your offer is... appreciated. [She might take it up, but it is certainly appreciated.]

[daddysknife]

Even if you don't want to talk. It's not such a bad place when you need to get out of your own head.

[risegloriana]

[her smile twists at the corners, more bitterness than mirth.] We never escape our own minds. No matter how we try.

[she'd always lived in hers, it was the only safe place she knew.]

[daddysknife]

Maybe. But sometimes we can almost ignore them, if we do it right.