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I've been wondering, Scorched.
[ Arthur has been training since before the sun rose: it's visible in the flush across the bridge of his nose, the way his blond bangs are sticking dark to his temples, the slouch of his usually straight-backed posture. But he needs a break, a distraction from his own mind, from the questions that have been plaguing it without concrete answer. ]
Say that the Door started — temporarily — working the way that all doors should, and we could all trip merrily back to our own worlds.
[ A breath, considering whether he's really going to ask. Despite his slightly laconic tone, he knows how depressing some of the answers he'll get will be. But he still wants to know: ]
Would you stay here in Anatole?
Or would you go home?
[ Arthur has been training since before the sun rose: it's visible in the flush across the bridge of his nose, the way his blond bangs are sticking dark to his temples, the slouch of his usually straight-backed posture. But he needs a break, a distraction from his own mind, from the questions that have been plaguing it without concrete answer. ]
Say that the Door started — temporarily — working the way that all doors should, and we could all trip merrily back to our own worlds.
[ A breath, considering whether he's really going to ask. Despite his slightly laconic tone, he knows how depressing some of the answers he'll get will be. But he still wants to know: ]
Would you stay here in Anatole?
Or would you go home?
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Mm. There are some promises I've got to keep.
...I've only been here two months, though.
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[A thoughtful noise, and he pauses.]
I suppose if my family made it here, I'd be okay carving out a life for ourselves along with my partner who's already here...
But I can't see myself really wanting to stay in a place where I have to constantly see people I care about be forced to suffer at the whims of the mist and be able to do nothing about it.
Kinda goes against everything I am and do.
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[ Haha, literally weather, in this case. ]
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Fires, bombings, armed robberies, that kinda thing.
Protecting people was my job back home, so it's a bit...frustrating to come here and find things beyond your imagination that are supposedly common here, with no way to stop them.
I guess you could say old habits die hard.
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[ A small smile, slightly nostalgic. ]
We do win sometimes. And it feels, let me tell you, very good indeed. Upholding the law has nothing on freeing a dragon.
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[That's the automatic answer to the first question. But there's a bit of hesitation for the rest. He takes in a slightly shaky breath, and it's not just from being injured right now.]
I'll protect this place as long as I'm here. But if I was given a choice...this isn't home. It's not the place I've already devoted more than eleven years of my life to protecting. Does that make sense?
[...]
...A dragon?
[There are actual dragons here. Why is he even surprised.]
[ video ] no problem!!
[ Arthur chuckles at the expression on his face. ]
And yeah, it makes sense.
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