Well, yes. I mean, I don't know specifically, but I wouldn't put abducting children past the Mother Superior. I only wonder, if they did, why they never looked for me.
[actually, a thought does occur to her, but it's a bit of a scary one. she only partly voices it.]
I did read once about... a particular town, that had children going missing. They suspected Sharrans were abducting them.
[He isn't going to blaspheme her god, but he is kind of like, girl the body of the faith itself is not looking so hot.]
Do you think you may be among the missing? [He just voices the obvious conclusion, frowning, troubled.] ...If there are so many missing pieces to your recollection and you don't even remember how you got to that forest, I don't think it's out of the question...
[TO SAY THE LEAST. Fury is fair. He too would be furious, but since it isn't him, he's mostly just sad.]
...I fear this week might be difficult for you, but I hope that, if nothing else, you may find a few more answers to the questions that you've had. [...] But what will you do if you find it to be a lie?
she's seen some violent memories, and experienced plenty of violence herself, but it just isn't what she expected from lucas, who seems so calm and peaceful. on the other hand, she truly would not begrudge anyone taking out their piece of shit parents, so she mostly just watches him to see what his reaction is before she decides what to say.]
Lucas is just kind of watching the mirrors with a little, displeased frown, but otherwise doesn't seem too perturbed by anything crossing the glass.]
Again... [The mirrors do like showing this one for whatever reason. He sighs a little, not really waiting for it to end before he glances over toward Shadowheart. He doesn't turn to look at her more fully or speak until it tapers off, though.]
This isn't the situation in the way that I experienced it.
I assume it must be something like that. It's the strangest thing... Sometimes these mirrors will show me things that have certainly never happened to me before, and others times they show things like this, where parts are similar, but not the whole of it.
[girl she will never judge a little murder if the person being murdered was an asshole who deserved it.]
...That does sound very different - of course you'd protect your sister from that. [don't even WORRY about murdering for that.] This was almost as though you were disagreeing on some sort of mission.
[He also wouldn't judge a little murder for good reason but SOMETIMES... Sometimes you don't like admitting you supermurdered your parents, even if they were insane.]
My father was very obsessed with notions he's had in his head for quite a long time, that much is also true... [RELIVERS!!!] We clashed over many points before I left with Nadia.
Of course. She's your family. [she barely knows what to make of family, but they're not meant to be like that. they're meant to be loving, protective, kind.]
[It's a softness and a sentiment that really seems to touch him, and he rests a hand over his heart.]
She is. I love Nadia very, very dearly... There isn't anything in this world- [A brief glance toward the mirror.] -or any that I wouldn't do to ensure her safety and happiness. I wouldn't be able to call myself a very good elder brother, otherwise.
...Do you regret it? What happened with your mother and father?
[she doesn't know what to think about it, but she does strongly feel as though the concept of family itself is not so important as it is the love of one.]
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Well, yes. I mean, I don't know specifically, but I wouldn't put abducting children past the Mother Superior. I only wonder, if they did, why they never looked for me.
[actually, a thought does occur to her, but it's a bit of a scary one. she only partly voices it.]
I did read once about... a particular town, that had children going missing. They suspected Sharrans were abducting them.
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Do you think you may be among the missing? [He just voices the obvious conclusion, frowning, troubled.] ...If there are so many missing pieces to your recollection and you don't even remember how you got to that forest, I don't think it's out of the question...
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[which is troubling? bad? to say the least.]
I always thought at least I ought to be grateful to them for taking me in when no one else wanted me, but if even that is a lie...
[she's sad but more than that she's furious.]
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...I fear this week might be difficult for you, but I hope that, if nothing else, you may find a few more answers to the questions that you've had. [...] But what will you do if you find it to be a lie?
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[and they aren't going to do that willingly.]
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Do you intend to do so on your return? To demand those answers...?
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[but she wants to, too. but also, give me a memory, too?]
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[Whether that's getting answers or getting revenge if need be or both or more.
But the mirrors will start to play another memory after he speaks.]
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she's seen some violent memories, and experienced plenty of violence herself, but it just isn't what she expected from lucas, who seems so calm and peaceful. on the other hand, she truly would not begrudge anyone taking out their piece of shit parents, so she mostly just watches him to see what his reaction is before she decides what to say.]
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Lucas is just kind of watching the mirrors with a little, displeased frown, but otherwise doesn't seem too perturbed by anything crossing the glass.]
Again... [The mirrors do like showing this one for whatever reason. He sighs a little, not really waiting for it to end before he glances over toward Shadowheart. He doesn't turn to look at her more fully or speak until it tapers off, though.]
This isn't the situation in the way that I experienced it.
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[or no, something else, some other crazy thing?]
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I assume it must be something like that. It's the strangest thing... Sometimes these mirrors will show me things that have certainly never happened to me before, and others times they show things like this, where parts are similar, but not the whole of it.
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What do you remember happening, then?
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I did kill my parents. But they were in direct pursuit of my sister and myself, and the orphanage that sheltered us was at risk because of it.
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...That does sound very different - of course you'd protect your sister from that. [don't even WORRY about murdering for that.] This was almost as though you were disagreeing on some sort of mission.
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My father was very obsessed with notions he's had in his head for quite a long time, that much is also true... [RELIVERS!!!] We clashed over many points before I left with Nadia.
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If this was the world you were living in, instead of the one you remember, what would that mean to you? What would it change?
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...I suppose not much would change, ultimately, in the sense that it seems Nadia's life is always in peril, and I would never stand to let it be so.
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Of course. She's your family. [she barely knows what to make of family, but they're not meant to be like that. they're meant to be loving, protective, kind.]
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She is. I love Nadia very, very dearly... There isn't anything in this world- [A brief glance toward the mirror.] -or any that I wouldn't do to ensure her safety and happiness. I wouldn't be able to call myself a very good elder brother, otherwise.
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I've always felt a little jealous, of those who have siblings like that. She is quite lucky to have you.
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I'm the one who's lucky, really... If I could share this fortune with the world, I would gladly do so.
[Part of him wonders if Shadowheart did have siblings like that, once upon a time, but he leaves it quiet.]
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[she doesn't know what to think about it, but she does strongly feel as though the concept of family itself is not so important as it is the love of one.]
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If I were to regret that, it would be like regretting that Nadia is still able to live as herself today.
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