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[athousandcurses]

Why... why would anyone do something like this?

[Someone has just found out about the library after returning to Caer Glaem, and judging from the stricken, teary state of her face and hushed voice, Grainne is pretty broken up about the attack. She honestly cannot understand why anyone would deliberately set fire to history.]

Why would you try to destroy something so valuable?

[She shakes her head. How could someone take something like books for granted, even so far as to burn them?]

So many things are lost to the ages that we will never retrieve, never regain, and that is with verbal history and story telling. We do not have "books" in our culture; over the years people have forgotten the histories we have passed down to our children because our history is only retained in memory. If someone is selfish or does not pass down what they know, it can be lost too easily! For everything that has been lost, we will never again know it!

[Don't mind the heartbroken, she just has Very Strong opinions on this.]

Do you not understand how wonderful such things are? How precious it is? Recording history in this way is almost a miracle! Can't you see why the loss of even one scroll is denying not just everyone living now, but those who come after us?

Why would anyone even attempt it...

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[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid shakes his head.]

We might have only done a little, but there is no way of knowing how important that little was. Perhaps we did not 'win' our fights, but we did distract those who we fought so that others on our side could continue their tasks. For all we know, we saved the lives of others who might have run into them or bought those on our side the time they needed to save another.

[athousandcurses]

[Grainne is quiet for a moment, letting the silence go by. Silence is as important as speech, at times.]

I do not wish to stay here.

[oathshackledbird]

Grainne...

[His expression saddens.]

I don't blame you for feeling like that. So much of this must be a shock to you even with the similarities this place holds to our home.

[athousandcurses]

Yes, I do not wish to stay here, for all I have heard that there is no way home, but... this... here, now. This caer.

[oathshackledbird]

There is a way, there is always a way. We just must be patient until we find it. Believe me, I am not going to give up until a way is found. Please have faith in me even if you can have it in nothing else.

[athousandcurses]

I do. Always. But... can we go somewhere? Just for a little while?

[oathshackledbird]

Go somewhere? What do you mean?

[For a moment, he is confused and then he seems to understand what she is saying.]

You mean out to the city or something like that?

[He actually likes the idea since he hasn't spent much time outside of the castle. Chasing the Moon doesn't really count...]

[athousandcurses]

Yes, the city or the wilds. I cannot relax here.

[oathshackledbird]

I am not sure how safe the wilds are.

[Though, granted, he doesn't have to sleep, so it will be no problem making sure that she is kept safe.]

However, I have been meaning to go out to the city myself. Why don't we head there first and see about the wilds later depending on how you feel?

[athousandcurses]

You will take me, then? Let me get ready. It will be good to see how the people here are.

[oathshackledbird]

Of course, if that is what you want. How long will you need to get ready?

[There is little he will need to get together, but there is another post on the lockets he would like to respond to before they leave.]

[athousandcurses]

Give me half an hour. I will meet you at the stables.

[oathshackledbird]

As you wish, Beloved. Do you want me to gather anything for you in the meantime?

[Thirty minutes gives him plenty of time to reply to the post and grab a few things for her if needed.]

[athousandcurses]

I have no need for anything, just to be with you. [Grainne lowered her head slightly.] We... have much to talk about.

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid nods in agreement.]

I will see you shortly then. Stay strong. We will find a way through all of this. I promise.