[ Fair enough. He's accomplished a fair amount despite feeling foolish, too, though he's yet to do much here. Which is part of the problem: feeling idle, useless, wanting nothing to do with political intrigue.
As much as the juggling comment had been a joke, it's got its uses — it's the reason he's any good with daggers. Still, her clinical acceptance of the suggestion throws him off, bemusement creeping into his voice. ]
( Or maybe you're meant to be the one teaching. You're the one who's been on more than one mission, apparently. What are your talents? )
[ Once this had been true, that had been the defining focus of her sense of self. Now it is something she says to disguise how she has changed. She is a liar, a manipulator, a spy, a torturer, a murderer. She was always all of those things. ]
(But others have come to me, for assistance in better learning to control their symbiote.)
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As much as the juggling comment had been a joke, it's got its uses — it's the reason he's any good with daggers. Still, her clinical acceptance of the suggestion throws him off, bemusement creeping into his voice. ]
( Or maybe you're meant to be the one teaching. You're the one who's been on more than one mission, apparently. What are your talents? )
no subject
[ Once this had been true, that had been the defining focus of her sense of self. Now it is something she says to disguise how she has changed. She is a liar, a manipulator, a spy, a torturer, a murderer. She was always all of those things. ]
( But others have come to me, for assistance in better learning to control their symbiote. )