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Gwathagor · 09-09-2011, 10:39 AM

"What did you see – or what did you think you saw – that made you fight for it?" pried Hilderinc.

Crabannan sighed. He didn't not want to discuss this and he should not have mentioned it. He shrugged.

"What makes any man fight? I was young. I was far from home. I was looking for somewhere to belong, a people to call my own."

"And did you find it?" shot in Nydfara.

No! he wanted to snap. It ended badly, like everything else these past fifteen years! He took a deep breath and kept his hands busy with work.

"If you had asked me then...no."

"And now?"

"Some things can't be changed, no matter the passage of years. What's done is done. Like this new eorl. I'm no fool. I owe it to no man to like it, but I know full well that Athanar is here to stay. Eodwine is back, but he'll never be eorl again...barring disaster."

littlemanpoet · 09-09-2011, 02:50 PM

"I told him that you should be eorl, and that he shouldn't be, and that I would see to it that you were set in his place."

Eodwine's grip loosened around Saeryn's waist involuntarily. He bent forward to catch her eye. She glanced at him and away again.

"You said wha-" he began to ask. "... no, never mind, I'll not make you say it again to me, I heard you." He paused, wrestling with this sudden news, trying to find the best thing to say in response.

"What did he say or do?"

She hesitated before answering. "I did not give him a chance to answer me. I came in here right away and shut the door."

"He did not knock or send his wife?"

"No."

Eodwine considered. If Athanar had not knocked or sent his wife, maybe he did not worry himself over her words. Maybe he had thought she was letting her feelings get the best of her. Or that being with child loosened her tongue. Maybe Athanar just expected him to control his wife like he thought any Eorling husband should. Or, could it be, that he held his counsel and waited to catch the two of them in some act that could be understood as treason? Eodwine swallowed, then dismissed that fear.

"I think we should leave it be and see if Athanar answers you in some way, or not, as time passes." He drew her to him and held her tight and finally let his feelings into words. "Oh Saeryn, I would give so much if only we could have no fear over this or anything else!"

Firefoot · 09-11-2011, 10:04 PM

At Crabannan's latest pronouncement, a wave of unease rippled through the soldiers. Scyld raised an eyebrow. As he'd been listening to Crabannan, Scyld had been trying to figure out whether he was hiding some troubled past or just melodramatic. A bit of both, Scyld was beginning to suspect. Melodramatic, gloomy, and over-serious – an unfortunate threesome of traits. He could not respond in kind.

“I hope you don't have any particular disaster in mind,” jested Scyld. “This hall has seen enough misfortune to last a while yet, I think.”

09-09-2011, 02:50 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Eodwine "I told him that you should be eorl, and that he shouldn't be, and that I would see to it that you were set in his place." Eodwine's grip loosened around Saeryn's waist involuntarily. He bent forward to catch her eye. She glanced at him and away again. "You said wha-" he began to ask. "... no, never mind, I'll not make you say it again to me, I heard you." He paused, wrestling with this sudden news, trying to find the best thing to say in response. "What did he say or do?" She hesitated before answering. "I did not give him a chance to answer me. I came in here right away and shut the door." "He did not knock or send his wife?" "No." Eodwine considered. If Athanar had not knocked or sent his wife, maybe he did not worry himself over her words. Maybe he had thought she was letting her feelings get the best of her. Or that being with child loosened her tongue. Maybe Athanar just expected him to control his wife like he thought any Eorling husband should. Or, could it be, that he held his counsel and waited to catch the two of them in some act that could be understood as treason? Eodwine swallowed, then dismissed that fear. "I think we should leave it be and see if Athanar answers you in some way, or not, as time passes." He drew her to him and held her tight and finally let his feelings into words. "Oh Saeryn, I would give so much if only we could have no fear over this or anything else!" Last edited by littlemanpoet; 09-09-2011 at 02:59 PM.

09-11-2011, 10:04 PM	#3
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Scyld At Crabannan's latest pronouncement, a wave of unease rippled through the soldiers. Scyld raised an eyebrow. As he'd been listening to Crabannan, Scyld had been trying to figure out whether he was hiding some troubled past or just melodramatic. A bit of both, Scyld was beginning to suspect. Melodramatic, gloomy, and over-serious – an unfortunate threesome of traits. He could not respond in kind. “I hope you don't have any particular disaster in mind,” jested Scyld. “This hall has seen enough misfortune to last a while yet, I think.”

09-09-2011, 10:39 AM	#1
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	"What did you see – or what did you think you saw – that made you fight for it?" pried Hilderinc. Crabannan sighed. He didn't not want to discuss this and he should not have mentioned it. He shrugged. "What makes any man fight? I was young. I was far from home. I was looking for somewhere to belong, a people to call my own." "And did you find it?" shot in Nydfara. No! he wanted to snap. It ended badly, like everything else these past fifteen years! He took a deep breath and kept his hands busy with work. "If you had asked me then...no." "And now?" "Some things can't be changed, no matter the passage of years. What's done is done. Like this new eorl. I'm no fool. I owe it to no man to like it, but I know full well that Athanar is here to stay. Eodwine is back, but he'll never be eorl again...barring disaster."