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Apr 24, 2011 21:30

Accepting the apple always ends badly for the woman.

It's okay. Don't fret. I've got a pocket of breadcrumbs, a spindle and some tortoiseshell combs. I'm ready.

isley, gwaine, !river tam, freya

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[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 24 2011, 15:53:23 UTC

Don't get into too much trouble, my dear.

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 25 2011, 10:45:18 UTC

"Too much" is an inconsistent measurement.

[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 25 2011, 13:14:44 UTC

I meant only that you should not jeopardize your life, should it be avoidable.

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 25 2011, 13:21:28 UTC

You're keeping a weather eye. It's okay. I rig the deck.

[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 25 2011, 13:36:52 UTC

Do you now?

[ Why so amusing, River? ]

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 25 2011, 14:11:04 UTC

It's a necessary evil.

Everyone's drifting away, Isely. [ and now she looks a little worried. ]

[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 25 2011, 14:24:50 UTC

Are you afraid of losing others, or yourself, River?

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 25 2011, 14:38:22 UTC

[ ...No, that question's too hard. She'll just pay attention to something offscreen for a little bit. ]

We need a doctor.

[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 25 2011, 16:57:00 UTC

At the rate things are going, it looks as though one won't suffice.

[ Normally he would pursue the line of questing, but you're a delicate case, River...and he's very interested in you. At least for the moment. ]

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 26 2011, 07:51:37 UTC

A hundred would not suffice.

[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 26 2011, 13:03:56 UTC

Quite sad, isn't it?

[ Whether he means sad in the way that it's pathetic or tragic is unclear. ]

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 26 2011, 13:05:12 UTC

There aren't very many of us to begin with.

[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 26 2011, 13:10:48 UTC

Quality over quantity, my dear.

Those with the means to survive, and the will to do so...we be left standing. That anyone should be left at all, given the numbers and the odds stacked against us, is a marvel. Is that not something to be grateful for?

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 26 2011, 13:43:03 UTC

The means are only luck. We let the beggar woman into our house and the rest is inescapable.

Being able to kill doesn't mean you'll be able to live.

[ Video | Private ] swordofthenorth April 26 2011, 13:50:06 UTC

[ Let in is a bit much, don't you think? And since when did Anatole become a home and less a prison? ]

Well, I'm far from worried about my own survival, but that sounds most selfish of me, doesn't it?

What about you, River? Moments ago you seemed more confident. What has caused this chink in your armor to appear?

[ He has his suspicions, but for now he'll leave her to answer the question...or, as it is like to do so for her, flippantly ignore it. ]

[ Video | Private ] impossibly April 26 2011, 13:53:50 UTC

I know I can win.

But there's everyone else to think about. It's hardly Darwinian.

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