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Abadar uses a helm of opposite alignment on Hagan and a bad time is had by all
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"I'm sorry," she whispers, when he's gone. "I'm so sorry."

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"Oh, sweetheart." She crawls into the bed next to her and holds her. "I think it went reasonably well."

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Nodnodnodnod. Can she maybe just have snuggles for a bit.

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She totally can. 

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Oh good. She possibly has a preference about this, too.

 

"For a minute there I thought I'd actually gotten rid of too much fear, that I needed to bring back some of it and strike a better balance. And then - he noticed you and I just about shut down."

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Patpatpat. "I like where I'm headed. You don't need to worry about me."

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"Yeah. I know. It's probably entirely selfish of me. Just."

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"Well, if so, you could stand to be more selfish, so, good for you, telling him off about it."

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Nodnodnod.

"I don't - know what I'm supposed to be doing now."

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"Same thing as before? Relaxing, taking good care of your baby, recovering. If you want to do one supervised conversation with the pharaoh I will supervise it but I think you're not ready yet."

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"Well before I wasn't actually seriously trying to do any of those things."

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"I think you should try to do those things. Korva - when I was purchased by the palace do you think I had any idea how to handle any of this stuff?"

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"I was a kid who didn't know anything, and I was scared, and no one cared about me. But now I know how to take care of myself. And I don't have children, but if I had, I'd've known how to take care of them too. You can learn."

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"I don't know if I'm me anymore. I - did something, to be able to listen. Cut a piece of myself out. And I don't know if I can get it back. Or if I should. I wasn't supposed to."

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"I think you can, and I think you should. Korva, I think that man wants someone to stand up to him, even if he's too dense to know it."

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"I tried.

"If you think I should try again, though - "

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"I think you should put yourself back together and then we can debate the advantages and disadvantages of trying again. But - but I think having the baby will help you a lot. He can't say that he just has to get an heir no matter how much it bothers you, right, once there is one."

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"Well, he probably can."

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"Yeah." Sigh. "I ...think maybe he won't. I don't know. I'd never met him before. The protocol is that your servants don't, so that he doesn't notice us and want us because that'd be bad for our relationship with you."

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Nodnod.

"He was really good. Before. But now I don't - 

"I stopped trying to predict it. Just. Accepted whatever happened."

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"That makes sense. But - I don't see how you can do twenty years of it and get anything you want at the end."

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Nod.

 

"Do you think I could - ask about the helmet for later now, and have it help any - "

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"I think it might, yeah."

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"Okay.

 

"Very tired."

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