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[ 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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Makes me wonder why people with that much power need people like us to fight their wars for them.

It does, does it not? How strange... and it only provides less reason to trust them. Although not one that most seem to consider.

Because people like fighting, like you said.

[ she sighs, then makes a grump face. which means it's good he can't see her. ]

I mean, I'm one of them, I guess. It's not bad to want to fight. [ there's an unsaid "is it?" in there, but she won't admit it ] I'll only fight people if they try taking my home again, though. Cothromach, that's worth fighting for. To me.

[ There is a considering pause at his end and he chooses his words carefully ]

I do not believe that it is wrong to fight to protect. Nor that it is always something that can be avoided. Yet, I would caution against being too swift in deciding what you fight for. A town, a building... These are not what makes a home, in the end.

I know. [ there's a nodnodnod with that, very "oh yeah! I know!" ] But Stiles is there, and wherever he is is home. [ woops that got heavy, but she doesn't really realize it ] And Bran and Sansa and Jon are there, and they're not- pack, but they could be. They don't judge me. [ a beat ] They make me feel like I belong, and I think that's worth protecting.

If you have found those worth fighting for, youngling, then I am glad. Most here are not so fortunate, nor so wise. Tis true, a family is one of the best things to be fighting for. Guard your heart well!

Yeah. I will.

-- You too.

[ that's the polite thing to say, right? ]

Oh, it is far too late for me. But I thank you for the sentiment all the same. May you come to better fortune!

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