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[Vanessa turns on her locket, placing it on the table. She looks...much better than she had before. In fact, people can catch glimpses of a wedding dress.

She looks resigned, tension in her face, her chin held high. And yet...well.]

As of this morning, I am no longer Lady Vanessa Ives.

[She looks down at her hands for a moment, then back at the screen. She taps into her ability to remain stoic in the face of horrible things. The public does not need to know how much this angers her, or how helpless she feels.]

To better Arachne's Eye, Queen Morla has decided that it would be best for me to marry.

I agreed.

[As she was given no real choice.]

Henceforth, you would do well to refer to me by my husband Balem's last name, Abrasax.

[Yep. Lady Vanessa Abrasax. Wife to Balem. Lovely. She knows very well who is getting the most out of this deal. And it is not her.]

We have worked out the logistics, and while we are married, I will still spend a great deal of my time at my Spire, and will continue to be open to any of those who need to speak with me.

My plans...to make sure the Seelie pay, are unchanged. Just delayed.

[Her goal is still a fixed point.]

...apologies who anyone who wished to attend the wedding.

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I would like to see. A...friend is from the stars, as well.

[she touches her own ring, nodding.]

Yes and...while this is for business, if you require assistance, if you are in danger, I will come to assist. I have enough power within me, without Amunet, to take down most terrible things.

Very well. When times are less hectic, then, I shall take you.

[That's pretty much a date wow!]

And I'm afraid I can't offer the same power yet - but I assure you, in time, I will prove useful. And if you ever need someone to read over a contract...

I would like that very much, dear.

[A little tease, there.]

I have no doubt that you will. And...not that I draw up many contracts, I can always use a hand in negotiations.

I hope you don't mind being thought of as a bit cutthroat, then; I'm a rather fierce negotiator. But I always come out on top.

[In the world of space politics, one couldn't afford to be soft.]

I am a woman who runs a spire overrun with spiders--and who is unafraid to send those creatures out to poison her enemies.

I assure you, brutality is not something I flinch from.

[He laughed a bit.]

Yes, you're the first I've met who is fond of spiders, I must confess.

My teacher named me little scorpion.

[She smiles softly, remembering Jane.]

So perhaps it is fitting, that the creatures are fond of me.

Interesting nickname. How did that come about?

[Generally, scorpions weren't looked upon with much favor, he thought.]

She gave it to me barely knowing me.

But I believe it is because I can strike hard and deadly, if necessary. They are also a symbol of being alone, passion, and protection. Death...and control.

The things that rule my life. She was a witch, like myself. She knew my true nature before I ever did.

Wouldn't your parents have known?

[He assumes any sort of power must be genetic. After all, genetics trump everything else.]

No. I do not know if I was born to it, or simply chosen in another strange way.

But they couldn't understand my gifts.

My mother died, because she could not understand the weight.

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