♚ Second Move - {Text}

[queens_guarddog]

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[misterblackbird]

Not at all, but it isn't unexpected, I daresay.

[queens_guarddog]

Many things have happened to me that I didn't expect. Even the unexpected isn't so jarring anymore.

[misterblackbird]

That, I think, is the nature of the City.

Are you enduring it all well enough?

[queens_guarddog]

The most unexpected pieces of the puzzle haven't been caused by the City, though.

Mm. What about you?

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[treadingdawn]

I think it is. Better to be aware of the mystery than blinded by it.

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[queens_guarddog]

Happiness can be found by the blind. I suppose I am farther from it than I ever was before.

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[treadingdawn]

Is that what they say about ignorance being bliss?

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[queens_guarddog]

The very same.

[justasystem]

Ci-

Lord Phantomhive?

[queens_guarddog]

Yes, my lady?

[justasystem]

I... think it's kind of progress.

[queens_guarddog]

So I am learning.

[prefers_chess]

The wise man is one who understands not how much he knows, but how much he does not know.

Your profound thought for the day.

[queens_guarddog]

The wise man must be going mad, then.

[prefers_chess]

They do say there's a fine line between genius and insanity.

[queens_guarddog]

That line has been cut.

[council_king]

Troubled, Earl~?

[queens_guarddog]

Only slightly.

[council_king]

What seems to be the problem?

[queens_guarddog]

I have a personal problem.