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Celegorm opens a door and finds himself looking, not into a guest room, but into a bar.
It is not plausible that someone turned this room into a bar, both because it's not a very Noldorin bar and because the room is too big; he built this fortress, he would know.
And, Huan says, it's very powerful magic and it smells of somewhere very far away.
Noted.
He walks in. Worrying about the Doom would be overthinking it. He hopes.
Yes.
We made it out fine. He--couldn't have known that, I think but he wasn't thinking. The--abandonment--was worse. And I hurt him too, and he was so, so hurt, by everything in his life. And I love him. Losing him was terrible. Losing him again, because I couldn't forgive--that would have been worse.
People do terrible things, when they don't have other choices, or when they can't see other choices. When they're hurting.
If you wish to believe yourself undeserving of my daughter's regard I suppose that is your own business but if you continue to consider yourself undeserving of her alternate's regard I expect that to hurt her at some point and that isn't only your own business.
hastyriser
I know why Odette likes me, I'm good for her. I'm not a good person and not trying to be but good for her I can do.
If it doesn't bother you I expect it won't hurt her any. But--and this is important--don't assume that anything that causes you grief is alright because it doesn't hurt her, because you hurting will hurt her.
hastyriser
Odette's going to also be absurdly powerful at that point. Solves lots of problems, that.
Yes, he agrees, lips tugging upwards. Alternate versions of his children having large amounts of power is a good thing. Especially if she's grown out of her vindictive streak, or at least grown up to aim it better. And apparently her sister is to be a queen.
hastyriser
Yeah! I think my cousin offered it because he decided that was the easiest way to stop Odette basically joining our banner but if so it's at least the kind of political shenanigan I'm not going to raise my eyebrows at too much.
hastyriser
Yeah exactly. If you don't give people credit for doing good things just because there's a hundred crazy schemes beneath the surface then you'd be being very unfair to Nelyo, too.
hastyriser
Yeah. He's great but has ulterior motives for literally everything. The one underlying motive is 'destroy the Enemy', though, so we forgive him for it.
Erik's family were wonderful, when he had them. And I had Raven, which it seems like her father didn't.
It would be lovely if we happened to meet again when that happened, but I'm glad for your sake and hers regardless.