reverie overflow.

[vecna]

i still haven't put something less stupid here

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[vecna]

[He would have spared such looks for anyone. She is not immune to them now, even if their newest interaction makes it a less likely prospect than before.

His smile is gentle, as always.]

You're assuming I'd hate you for throwing me into the ocean. That's not an unreasonable thought.

[velluminous]

How comforting.

[vecna]

Well, I don't.

[velluminous]

[ a strange tension leaves her; she rests her forehead on the heel of one hand, sighs until there's nothing left. ]

Spared for another day.

[vecna]

Believe me, it’s one of the least offensive things I’ve had happen to me.

[Not that he wants it to happen again MIND YOU.]

You worry often about what people think of you?

[velluminous]

Appearances and impressions are everything in world of nobility.

[ and, having been discredited, expelled, ostracized... what people make of her is possibly the most important thing in her life now ]

Your mind will only get you so far if no one else will listen to you.

[vecna]

[Ah, so her world is not so fantastical at all. It has its ugly parts, just like his own.]

That sounds tiresome. I'm not nobility and I never was, but many things in my world are the same. So much importance placed on appearances.

[velluminous]

It is in our nature to wish to be liked, regardless.

[ girl it's not in EVERYONE'S nature. ]

[vecna]

[Brows pinching, shaking his head.]

No. It isn't. That is something taught to you by the world. Putting on a mask of a stranger just to get by.

[velluminous]

Hurm. I like to be liked.

[vecna]

Of course. But you shouldn't have to be someone else for that to happen. Don't you agree?

[velluminous]

Of course I agree. I like woman I am.

[ even difficult, even angry, even vengeful to the point of insanity ]

I worked very hard to become her.

[vecna]

[Like he’s one to judge.]

Good. I wouldn’t have you any other way. Even at the expense of all your soirées and high teas.

[velluminous]

[ again she dodges his glance, mumbling ]

I would be far poorer dancer.

[vecna]

More time spent studying your magics, though.

[velluminous]

Ahhh. I am studying now. Professor.

[vecna]

[Chuckles.] That’s right. And what did you learn from this particular lesson?

[velluminous]

[ that he seems to like being called "professor", for one ]

That I have to learn to be much, much subtler than I am.

[vecna]

[It’s amusing.]

It takes practice. Even for me, it did.

[Which means they’ll have to try it again sometime.]

[velluminous]

Pah. I will be quick study.

[vecna]

It means you'll have to let me in again. Unless you want to try the other way around.

[velluminous]

You've said already door is open. You could be there again, now, still--and would I know?

[vecna]

I wouldn’t do that. I’d tell you.

[velluminous]

[ would he? ]

Oh. Polite man.

[vecna]

I have a feeling you'd not be too happy with me otherwise. I'm not risking that again.