[ a blink, although he pauses afterwards. alfyn sort of regards her for a few seconds, with a small frown, before: ]
It was a castletown with white stone walls, and a big, dead tree. Biggest tree I've seen in my life - but it was dead. Rottin'. And rottin' the town with it.
[well, he is being calm and nice, so she nods a little.]
I didn't think she could do something like this, but I do know her. And that city - that's the city I grew up in. And that tree... I know that tree, too.
The people there, they were scared as hell of her and what she was doin'. I'm... damn, Miss Laudna, I'm sorry that you had to live with that sort of thing over your head.
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[ relaxes a little, seeing that it's a familiar spooky, grey-skinned lady. ]
M'okay. Made of pretty tough stuff, as an apothecary. Whatcha doin' over there..?
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[casual, even though that excuse makes no sense.]
You got very hurt.
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Not the first time, and probably not gonna be the last. [ touching where rondo's sword stabbed him briefly. ] Just glad we all came back in one piece.
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[she says it very suddenly, like she was working up the nerve to ask.]
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It was a castletown with white stone walls, and a big, dead tree. Biggest tree I've seen in my life - but it was dead. Rottin'. And rottin' the town with it.
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I don't understand why this is happening.
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... you know what I'm talkin' about. You've been there.
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Don't be angry at me, please.
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H-hey, hey now... why would I be mad at you..? You weren't - you didn't make Delilah do anythin'... [ UNLESS? ]
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she shakes her head rapidly.]
I don't know why she did anything. I didn't ask her to. I didn't even know she could do that.
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me: YELLING ]
What d'you mean by that, Miss Laudna..? Why - c'mon, I'm not gonna be angry, we can just talk for a little bit. Why don't you explain?
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I didn't think she could do something like this, but I do know her. And that city - that's the city I grew up in. And that tree... I know that tree, too.
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[ sincerely. ]
Even just the time we spent...