Snippet - A curse to us
Fandom: The Dark Is Rising
For: Loyalty chapter seven
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Characters: Will, Bran
"Mordred. You served the Dark from the very moment you were conceived," Will said, flatly. "Your mother determined the course of your life. The Light could not have altered it. If we'd taken you, your mother's plan would still have come true, you would have resented us... You were the first son of Arthur, but you were a curse to us. Even if the time to choose had come and you'd chosen away from your mother, then it would have been too late. But Bran was born, at the right time... the true son of King Arthur, unshaped and ready. And Guinevere gave him freely."
"I was only a tool to be used?" Bran asked, softly. His eyes met Will's. Will shook his head, but Jane saw that he wasn't really saying no.
"I never thought of you like that, but yes, you were. You were our tool, but -- you were not just a tool to us. To me, at least. In a million lifetimes, a million different circumstances... I would always have chosen you, Bran."
For: Loyalty chapter seven
Quality: Barely checked
Characters: Will, Bran
"Mordred. You served the Dark from the very moment you were conceived," Will said, flatly. "Your mother determined the course of your life. The Light could not have altered it. If we'd taken you, your mother's plan would still have come true, you would have resented us... You were the first son of Arthur, but you were a curse to us. Even if the time to choose had come and you'd chosen away from your mother, then it would have been too late. But Bran was born, at the right time... the true son of King Arthur, unshaped and ready. And Guinevere gave him freely."
"I was only a tool to be used?" Bran asked, softly. His eyes met Will's. Will shook his head, but Jane saw that he wasn't really saying no.
"I never thought of you like that, but yes, you were. You were our tool, but -- you were not just a tool to us. To me, at least. In a million lifetimes, a million different circumstances... I would always have chosen you, Bran."