19 - All we are we are

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[It has been quite some time since Reinette brought herself to the Plane. If one looked closely enough, the especially pale almost translucent coloring to her skin might suggest as to why. But only, really, if one looked.

Her hair is down, and she is dutifully brushing it as she critically considers her reflection within the mirror of her vanity. An intricately carved box sits on one side, holding her most valued jewelry. And on the other side rests a music box, and a small collection of cosmetics]

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[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

I have many thoughts, not all of them my own. But there is something to be said for a firm understanding of one's reality.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[one step in closer, his voice soft and low]

Reality has the curious habit of changing around here.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[in a voice that is well matched to his own]

An if something is that fleeting, how much value can it hold?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I've said much the same thing about human lives. But my antithesis did have a good point: there is value in the ephemeral as there is value in all things rare.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

You have debated the subject?

[of course they have]

Were you forced to admit you were wrong?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I'm not wrong.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she very nearly laughs]

But you claim that he had a strong point. Would that not mean you were arguing the other side of it?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

One strong point won't win an argument if it isn't in the right place.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

And what of your point, made quite emphatically? That to be human is to be less?

I am certain the Doctor argue against that as well.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

There's that, but I'm a bit more concerned with his habit of adopting the species as his own.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

What?

You do not wish to adopt me then? I am doomed to weep into my pillow with my disappointment?

[not that she ever has. Or will]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I have the papers, if you want to sign them.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Only you give the impression I would be a rather expensively kept pet. If only for your viewpoint.

[she looks at him directly]

I am no one's pet, sir.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[with a wave of the hand, he indicates her jewellery box]

Yet they give you such pretty jewelled collars to keep you by their side.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she casts it a dismissive glance. Looking away she becomes aware she has smeared blood on her dressing gown and adjusts the angle of her arm]

Only keep me they do not. You should know more than most the perception is often far from reality.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

And we're back to that. The reality is that I know I can give you more than Versailles. The question is this: will you accept that offer?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[her mouth lifts into something that might be a smile, and she does not even appear to give the matter thought. If she did or did not remains a subject for debate]

How can I not?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I'll visit you in your palace one day, not too far from now. That's when I'll give you something more.