what do uyo think oh so scholarly lone? both. i was honest with oyu and i likde maria, gi think i like ysou but i don't know for sure right now . i knofw i don't know her wbell but sometimes bad thsgni happen aynd cnot every man is kind to a woman when she's hims tcaptive and she said she ovsle vyou so taht's kind of a thing
[Look she is trying to back up a fellow lady here okay. Also she is very drunk and weirdly homesick so deal with it.
[ He almost loses his temper at that indirect accusation. Maria had been snide about the possibility at the time, but that had been a power play against him to insult his honour, and a transparent one at that; he'd only found it amusing. He types out I have killed such men, but erases it and takes a few minutes to remember that she's only trying to defend Maria. It's a sentiment he can appreciate, no matter how misplaced. ]
[ Okay. He's taken some deep breaths and thought out a response. If there are more angry texts from Araceli he ignores them. ]
I will not deny that I admired and respected her even then. I was arrogant enough to think that I could sway her loyalties, even knowing how much she valued that part of herself. If she had any complaint about my behaviour as her captor, it was that I talked for too long about matters she cared nothing about.
[Look at it from the perspective of a young woman who has recently spent over a week in Erenova learning the ins and outs of the place, where people are preyed on by both slavers and gangs, the flinty-eyed people of the docks reminding her of the people of Zimevur when they come to Castileos, hard and hungry and willing to do most anything.
She's heard bad stories of what can happen to women held captive by men, even in her own country when such instances are mercifully rare.
She's a touch more sober when she finally replies - it's a good few hours later after she's slept because she'd rather go back to the wheel just now. Even if Manfred said they were fine she won't rest easy until every former slave has walked off the ship in Seahaven to make their own way in the world.]
but yyou did - the talking bit - b because she said something like that, about not fbeing what they seemekd but i could say the same albout you maybe. because hse said...what did she say...ah! not what they seemeyd or not anymore, she didn't know.
[ He's insulted by her distrust, honestly. Instead of going around in circles or fending off accusations he can barely read, he just signs off. He'll deal with this when she's back in Seahaven. ]
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Date: 2014-09-02 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-09-02 10:07 pm (UTC)Are you angry because you think I lied, or because you think I wronged Maria? I have done neither.
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Date: 2014-09-02 10:24 pm (UTC).
i knofw i don't know her wbell but sometimes bad thsgni happen aynd cnot every man is kind to a woman when she's hims tcaptive and she said she ovsle vyou so taht's kind of a thing
[Look she is trying to back up a fellow lady here okay. Also she is very drunk and weirdly homesick so deal with it.
Maria might also be drunk somewhere.]
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Date: 2014-09-02 10:49 pm (UTC)2/2
Date: 2014-09-02 11:19 pm (UTC)I will not deny that I admired and respected her even then. I was arrogant enough to think that I could sway her loyalties, even knowing how much she valued that part of herself. If she had any complaint about my behaviour as her captor, it was that I talked for too long about matters she cared nothing about.
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Date: 2014-09-03 11:04 am (UTC)She's heard bad stories of what can happen to women held captive by men, even in her own country when such instances are mercifully rare.
She's a touch more sober when she finally replies - it's a good few hours later after she's slept because she'd rather go back to the wheel just now. Even if Manfred said they were fine she won't rest easy until every former slave has walked off the ship in Seahaven to make their own way in the world.]
but yyou did - the talking bit - b because she said something like that, about not fbeing what they seemekd but i could say the same albout you maybe. because hse said...what did she say...ah! not what they seemeyd or not anymore, she didn't know.
last three words mr pilgrmi
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Date: 2014-09-03 11:29 am (UTC)