you shouldn't raise up what you cannot put down

[ex_oneiromancer912]

[With Gwen's arrival, the acquitting of this is more urgent. Morgana stands at forest's edge, a sword in the ground before her. She will not be taking 'no' for an answer.]

Gemini Saga, I would speak with you. Come forward.

[There is no getting out of conversations if she says there isn't.]

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[destinedking.livejournal.com]

Morgana.

[ex_oneiromancer912]

[Mature Grown Up Fight: Round 1] Arthur. What is it?

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

[Are they even qualified for that?]

[he speaks slowly and deliberately, as if talking to a child, because Arthur is that kind of prat king]

What are you doing?

[ex_oneiromancer912]

[Equally deliberately, as if dealing with a total prat.] I am ensuring our people's safety. [By a verrrrry loose extension.] I am not acting in a flight of impulse or whimsy.

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

[same tone]

Our people are not concerned with this place.

You're stupidly risking your people's safety.

[ex_oneiromancer912]

Gwen is concerned with this place. I am concerned with this place. You are concerned with this place. And by accident or design, the people of this place can be concerned with Camelot. Christine came to Camelot. Others may as well.

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

You're attracting the attention of dangerous people who would otherwise have no interest in any of us. You endanger all of us when you throw yourself into these things without warning.

He was prepared to kill you.

[ex_oneiromancer912]

He asked me to kill him. And I would have done it if you had not interfered.

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

That would have happened before or after he struck you down with his magic?

[ex_oneiromancer912]

You say that as if it is magic that makes him so dangerous.

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

I would say the same if it was a sword he held over your head while you lie unarmed below him.

[ex_oneiromancer912]

So it does not bother you that he has magic?

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

[he sighs, annoyed]

It bothers me he was trying to kill you. The method is inconsequential.

[ex_oneiromancer912]

But does it matter? Does it matter to you that people here have magic and use it freely?

[She is derailing the conversation, but it is to something that is very important to her.]

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

It matters to me when they are threatening your life, yes.

[another sigh]

Otherwise I don't know. The people here are too foreign. Magic might exist in a different way in these different worlds, and what they call science is indistinguishable from what I would call magic.

Why does it matter so much to you?

[sosweet]

[Her call was something he couldn't ignore. He owes her an apology... a huge one. But deep in his heart he knows that wouldn't be enough for what he did to her.

Saga appears in front of her without his Cloth and back to normal, eyes full of great guilt and looking down, not meeting hers, not saying a word.]

[ex_oneiromancer912]

Speak, then. [Proud Pendragon command. It came naturally to her.]

[ex_oneiromancer912]

[She looks down, less proud and more awkward. What did it matter to her? But it truly did. She wanted Arthur to believe that magic was something that was not always evil.]

It simply does.

[Then,] It still does not seem to me to be true that all who have magic are evil. The people here are proof of that.

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

[a long pause and then he makes a face]

What are you even talking about? What does any of this have to do with you stupidly calling out a man who just tried to kill you?

[ex_oneiromancer912]

[Oh, look, maturity reigns again.] He was my friend. It is my business to deal with him.

[santogemelli.livejournal.com]

[Silent for a minute and closing his eyes, trying to find the suitable words for her. Maybe much wasn't needed.]

I know asking for forgiveness will not be enough. But... I regret for all I have done.

[ex_oneiromancer912]

Explain to me what happened.

[destinedking.livejournal.com]

Your only business is to remember there are others who depend on you. You do not have the luxury to go into things foolishly without any warning.

[santogemelli.livejournal.com]

[Still not looking at her.] I... Since people on the Plane began to acquire their new powers, a great fear came over me. I thought I would be the next one... and it happened.

My evil self always wished to have the power of the Gods, so my own insecurity was a suitable trigger for it to take control over my mind and body. I believed it was gone for good when I came back to life...

... I was wrong.

[ex_oneiromancer912]

Would you like to me ask next time, my lord? [She definitely knows how to make an insult out of that.]