text;

[wilee]

[ so if we're pretending there's a list that's called Things Malia Shouldn't Do, but She'll Definitely Do it Anyway, this would be on it. probably up there pretty high, top three. but that list doesn't exist, it's not real, and even if it was, she wouldn't pay any attention to it. so she's just leaving this out on the open locket network- ]

i don't care about the war.
i don't care about the courts.
my shard says i'm unseelie, but i didn't ask to be.
i won't fight someone just because somebody else tells me to.
the only thing i care about is keeping my friends safe, and keeping my home safe, and right now that's Cothromach.

why is that a bad thing now?

[ "now" because of how things are shifting, how the sides matter more than when she first got here, and when she first moved from caer scima, to the mountains. which no, she doesn't realize it's not the other shardbearers' faults ( not completely ), but it's noticeable in a way it wasn't before. she's mostly just curious what changed, and annoyed that her loyalties are being questioned over something she has/had no control over. so yeah! obviously confronting the lockets about it is the Best Idea Ever! malia tate, everybody. ]

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[wilee]

[ a beat ]

I wonder what would happen if I didn't have my shard anymore.

[ not that she wants anybody ripping anything out of her chest but y'know. curious. ]

[teenyoda]

God, have you been talking to Gendry?

[wilee]

No. Why?

[teenyoda]

Because of the dw--

You know what? Never mind.

[wilee]

-- The dwhat?

[teenyoda]

Nuh uh. I'm not saying.

[Because he knew her.]

[wilee]

Stiles.

[teenyoda]

No.

...

Don't look at me like that.

[wilee]

I'll just ask Gendry.

[teenyoda]

Don't do that. How about you just stay away from Gendry all together, huh?

[wilee]

What are you not telling me?

[ not mad, just. stiles. ]

[teenyoda]

Telling you would defeat the purpose of not telling you.

[wilee]

You know I'll find out, even if you don't tell me.

I'll ask Gendry about the dwuh-atever you were going to say.

Maybe Arya knows.

[teenyoda]

Malia...

[And it was said in 'that tone'.]

[wilee]

[ after a long pause ]

--Does Gendry not have a shard anymore?

[teenyoda]

What? No. I mean, yes, he has his shard. No, he doesn't not have one.

[wilee]

He just doesn't want it anymore?

[teenyoda]

.. I'm pretty sure he's okay with it? I mean, he uses it for the whole tough-blacksmith stuff he does. So...

[wilee]

-- Then I don't get it.

[teenyoda]

It's okay. There's nothing to get.

[Lie. How did that lie taste, Stiles? You like lying to your girlfriend? No, you don't. You're going to hell.]

[wilee]

[ guess who's letting that lie sink in for a few long seconds before snapping her locket shut. to go do things. guess who's doing that ]