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[digophelia]

[ Alice has been trying to draw in her sketchpad for a while now and it's clear from how wrinkled the piece of paper is, that she's tried to draw on it to no avail. It's been erased numerous times. Right beside her are her imp and her rabbit, as always. She's been quiet at the villa, she's locked herself up acting stranger than before. ]

How funny it is when the mind brings so many images and memories that it cannot even transfer onto a sheet of paper. I know what I see, but it cannot go through my fingertips and onto my paper, unlike so many times before.

[ By the tone of her voice, she means more than that. Guarded as ever, Alice will not say what it is, other than she reluctantly places her pencil down on the paper. Art blocks are terrible, and they're more terrible than before. ]

I am sorry... for my absence. Please don't think of me as silly, but I lost a good companion of my mine. My mare. My horse. I took her in after my first battle, when her owner had fallen. I loved her dearly, she was my friend, too, as much as anyone else I know here.

[ Alice says this while trying not to cry. ]

I loathe to think of another animal as a replacement, but seeing as it is a necessity, I have no other choice. She had fallen in battle when I separated from the others.

[ When she went on her rampage after the Jabberwock, though she's not going to say that. Alice just rubs her rabbit's ears instead while looking at her blank paper. ]

I can try and buy one, if needed, if anyone wants to humor me. I know this is a silly request after everything that has happened -- selfish, even. I think it might be best if I left, for a small while, so I can clear my head and be useful again. No good comes of being a shut-in.

[ After all, ever since she came back, she's been acting stranger and much more distant than before. There is more here that she wants to say; she struggles with saying it. ]

I, well- never mind that. Please be well, all of you.

Comments

[digophelia]

Yes and no.

[ She has her reasons; if she wasn't so guarded on the other hand. ]

You can determine a course, but it is not always the way it turns out to be, even in your own world, no matter how much you plan for it. Survival is adaptability to change. After all, isn't that what makes the Unseelie so grand? It is not in my nature to be vague out of spite, I only tentatively assert my plans, for now, because I wait for my course to unfold in front of me.

[dragmire]

[He chuckles dryly.]

How very philosophical of you. Perhaps I was wrong to suggest time alone. You've evidently had ample amounts of it already.

[digophelia]

Unfortunately, more than you can imagine.

[ About ten years worth of it, really. ]

If I asked you if you had spare time for more instruction, Lord Ganondorf, would you be able to?

[ He should at least be able to see her newest ability, anyway. ]

[dragmire]

There are many things that demand my attention, Alice. However, if you wish to accompany me for a time, I will instruct you as time permits. Soon, I mean to turn my attention to the east.

[The North might be broken, but there was still yet ten spires up there to guard it. Mair stood alone and apart and so it fell upon him to strengthen it by his own means.]

[digophelia]

[ Admittedly, amongst her delusions and hallucinations, the world had become narrow. She hadn't even considered that, to be completely honest. ]

That is absolutely understandable.

[ Alice does nothing to hide the grimace. ]

I would very much like to, of course, by your convenience as well, Lord.

[dragmire]

In two week's time, I will be turning my attentions eastward. You may accompany me as I bring my new holdings under Mair's laws and protections. There will be ample opportunity for you to learn and act.

[He does not yet know he will have to it with the Roc's interference, but that will ultimately suit his needs anyway.]

[digophelia]

Good. I want to learn more.

[ It'll be a good combination with her new, unlocked power. Though now there's a new situation she finds herself in that she must keep Lancelot up to date if she leaves, too. It won't be an issue, it's a new feeling. ]

You have my thanks.

[dragmire]

[Gratitude is not something he quite knows what to do with. It's an almost unnatural concept for a people who primarily took what they needed. Even so, he accepts it for what it is.]

It will benefit us both for you to continue to grow. Caer Scima may be fallen, but there is much that can be done for Mair still.

[digophelia]

Mm.

[ If it makes her more formidable in a fight, she's for it. Lending her support again is still something she's inwardly debating. ]

Of course. Do take care of yourself in the meantime, lord.