eachdraidh | video; unseelie.

Well, now that that silver nonsense seems to be sorted out, I think we need to start talking about things we can actually fight back when they attack us.

[ About as direct a greeting into the topic of this message as you can get. Katsa sits somewhere outdoors, cross-legged in the grass with her locket angled to show the sky clear behind her: fitting for the mismatched colors of her eyes, unusually bright green and blue. ]

I know our High Majestic King and Queen [ the titles spoken with a hint of irony ] don't seem to care always how old someone is or how much experience you've with weapons or fighting when they decide to claim you. Whatever you think of this war, whether you'd rather run right into the Void right now or wait for it to come to you, everyone here should have the skills to unlock their own strength. It's better that you've the ability to jam a knife into a man's eyeball and never have to do it than find yourself at the end of an attacker's blade with no way to get out of it. You shouldn't have to rely on anyone else.

So I'll teach you if you've no experience of your own. I usually teach young girls—children—but I'll not turn my back if you need it. That includes how to use your shard—the thing that Seelie will try to take right out of your chest.

[ She moves to close the locket—then halts, fumbles, and picks something off the ground to hold flat in her palm to show anyone watching. ]

And what in the name of the Middluns am I supposed to do with this?

[ WHO HAS TURTLE CARE TIPS???? ]

( dated after boon delivery on the 25th! )

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Well, maybe I could pick them up from somewhere, that sounds like it could be a good opportunity later. There's someone I know who I could ask about jobs in the meantime.

I can't really understand why anyone would choose to side with the Seelie once they find out they want to let the Void destroy everything. [If he could meet anyone from the Seelie, he'd ask them why. Of course, knowing that the Unseelie path meant that no new worlds would ever exist after the current ones died out wasn't exactly great, either but that's not a thought he would voice aloud. No one has really explained to him why the Seelie are doing what they're doing, though.]

Thanks for that, I'll keep it in mind if I ever meet him. Although if you want to help me improve my hand to hand, I wouldn't say no to that either.

One said it was because she would always side with her friends. But it doesn't seem to me as though letting the Void kill them is doing a very good job of protecting anyone.

[ where Katsa is dictating the words to her locket, her voice is dripping with snark. ]

If you'd prefer hand to hand I'd be willing to work on that with you as well. It's not worth slacking on that, either.

Exactly, that's what I was thinking. Most of us have got loved ones back home, and they're okay with letting their loved ones, with letting everyone die. There must be a reason. Maybe they're being lied to, or there's something else to it.

Yeah, both would be good, I think. Thanks.

Something must be influencing them. Manipulating them. Or maybe they truly don’t care. Whatever it is we’ll find it and defeat it.

I'm not much of an optimist, so I'm guessing some of them really don't care, If the rest are just being manipulated, they could probably be convinced to switch sides.

I can't say I'm too fond of what the Seelie court stands for, either. Back home it was the same sort of thing that was used to justify persecuting people who were different. Maybe that's it, they think we're all no good so they should just let the Void finish us off.

And let themselves and their friends and families go with them. Seems a drastic measure.

Unless no one's told them, or they were promised they'd be saved somehow. If they were I'd ask for proof of that if I were them.

Anyway, I should let you get back to it. Thanks ahead of time for the training, did you want anything in exchange?

I suppose.

[ it's a good point. worth a thought. ]

No—I won't need anything.

That's kind of you, but then you are doing your part for the war.

I'll see you later, then, for training.

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