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[pontificus]

( locked to Seelie )

I pray for those who've left the castle of Caer Glaem. [She dips her head gently, though she still finds herself at a loss for how she can help, do something.]

I know I am not the only one, [Fine lady or not.] who knows not what her presence in this realm could do. I do not understand this war, but I am here regardless. I have taken time to learn the court here, and I would like to ask how I could serve. I am not skilled in any craft nor have I any supernatural abilities. But I have two hands and a willingness to learn--

[She pauses.] I helped with the injured during the last attack, and though there are those called out, I'm not sure what use I could be.

[She doesn't want to be some spoiler princess-esque type. If she's learned anything, she must be proactive in her own life lest she fall aside for the wants of others.]

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[steeledskin]

Lucrezia. [ she's still easing in to the liberty of using just the other girl's name. ] Have you some knowledge of how to help the injured? I fear I was dragged into this fray by mistake -- I know nothing practical, it seems.

[ she's a little dory lost at sea. ]

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[pontificus]

I have no practical knowledge nor training, just some things I have learned to help. [Not that it does her a lot of good here, but perhaps next time she should go, if only to help the injured.]

Are you well, Alayne?

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[steeledskin]

As well as can be expected. [ ... ] And you, I hope?

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[pontificus]

Most are on edge here, worried for those who have left. I am well though. Pleased to hear that you are as well. [She gives a small smile.]

You left with them, Alayne? [Curious.]

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[steeledskin]

Not by choice, I assure you. [ and maybe she should be ashamed of that fact -- but no, she isn't. sansa (and therefore alayne) feels no guilt over her honest assessment of her own usefulness. the battlefield (of any sort) is not where she ought to be. ]

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[pontificus]

How did you come to be there? [Who would take an unwilling girl?]

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[steeledskin]

It was at the wishes of the High Queen. Her Grace thought it prudent, I suppose. And who am I to question her judgement?

[ at least, that is all she'll say while on these lockets. ]

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[pontificus]

A queenship does not make her right. [And she now has words for a women who would send an unarmed girl to enemy territory.]

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[steeledskin]

No. Instead, it makes her powerful.

[ and that's all the right a person needed for sansa to be wary of them. ]

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[pontificus]

[She can sense enough from that alone to frown deeply. Power misused on innocent people is not something Lucrezia can stand.]

Be safe at least. It is not your war.

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[steeledskin]

I worry it became mine when I first stepped into their fairy ring.

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[pontificus]

I think we all fear the same. But fear does not make it so.

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[steeledskin]

We are here. We live under their auspices and their care. One might say our service is now owed to them for these things.

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[pontificus]

They implored and took us here. They should care for us.

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[steeledskin]

Is that how things work in Rome, dear Lucrezia?

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[pontificus]

[No. But she can't very well say that.]

It does not matter how it works. You do as you must to survive. You claim what you will or else be tossed aside. You take so no one else takes from you.

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[steeledskin]

These sound like hard lessons for a gentle lady.

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[pontificus]

The world is not gentle, Alayne. [Even she knows that with all her smiles and pleasantries.]