[She'll pay him back, she's determined, but for the moment she tucks it away with a nod of thanks.]
Manage and enjoy are two different things, and simply because I can survive doesn't mean I wish to undertake the journey.
[She nods, though, indicating they can walk and talk.]
. . . and I thank you for the offer, but I've a friend in mind. One I imagine won't mind me staying the night. Though I'd enjoy visiting-- I've still yet to see your house properly.
[She only saw it the once, guiding Sansa back home-- and even then, she was too preoccupied playing the part of Catelyn, determined not to break Sansa's delusion.]
[He falls into step beside her, trying not to smile at her obvious distaste for jungle survival. Not that he was any better. It was far too hot here for him. His clothes were already soaked through with sweat.]
It is still a bit crowded, but there is always someone home. [Which was nice actually to wake up to or come back to at night.] You are welcome to visit whenever you want...once return to Olympia.
Hot. Full of animals and plantlife, including a tree that was intent on stealing my things. But I suppose it could have been worse: there was a whole pack of us traveling, so we didn't encounter anything more dangerous than a few squirrels.
I know that tree. There was someone else that lost a coat to the tree. [He was getting tired of having to scale branches, but it seemed like animals and plants were determined to get as close as possible to them.]
All my life. London first, and then a city I built myself, flying above the world. Frankly, before I woke up here, I hadn't seen a horse in nearly twenty years.
[AND WHAT A GLORIOUS TIME THAT WAS . . . she hates nature . . ]
[She pauses for a moment, considering her answer.]
Because I was hailed as one of the key architects, and one of the people who brought it to fruition. And such was the nature of the patriarch that he assumed this birth of his metropolis would be the pride and joy of my life. But truth be told, it was only a means to an end for me. Something I did in order to get something that I wanted.
[She reminded him of some of the women of the Southron lands, the few he had seen in Winterfell when King Robert visited and later when he met with Cersei in the Dragonpit. She wasn't callous or cruel like Cersei, but she was ambitious. It wasn't the sort of life he knew or understood, but he could at least admire that aspect.]
At the time? Funding. I had any number of projects I needed to complete, but unfortunately, no money with which to do them.
[Needed, not wanted, and there's a vital difference between the two words. For Rosalind, at least one of those projects was absolutely necessary-- not just for her scientific curiosity, but her wellbeing.]
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originallutece) wrote2017-09-22 05:41 pm
Jon;
Manage and enjoy are two different things, and simply because I can survive doesn't mean I wish to undertake the journey.
[She nods, though, indicating they can walk and talk.]
. . . and I thank you for the offer, but I've a friend in mind. One I imagine won't mind me staying the night. Though I'd enjoy visiting-- I've still yet to see your house properly.
[She only saw it the once, guiding Sansa back home-- and even then, she was too preoccupied playing the part of Catelyn, determined not to break Sansa's delusion.]
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It is still a bit crowded, but there is always someone home. [Which was nice actually to wake up to or come back to at night.] You are welcome to visit whenever you want...once return to Olympia.
[Whenever that would be.]
What was it like in the jungle?
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But as I said: I rather loathe the outdoors.
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Did you live in a city for most of your life?
[You could always tell.]
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[AND WHAT A GLORIOUS TIME THAT WAS . . . she hates nature . . ]
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[He can't tell if she's serious about that, but he has seen her response to nature.]
Wyver or Olympia won't make much difference to you, then?
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But yes.
[She smiles, but she's entirely serious.]
Columbia. My supposed pride and joy.
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[As much as could be found.]
Why supposed?
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Because I was hailed as one of the key architects, and one of the people who brought it to fruition. And such was the nature of the patriarch that he assumed this birth of his metropolis would be the pride and joy of my life. But truth be told, it was only a means to an end for me. Something I did in order to get something that I wanted.
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[She reminded him of some of the women of the Southron lands, the few he had seen in Winterfell when King Robert visited and later when he met with Cersei in the Dragonpit. She wasn't callous or cruel like Cersei, but she was ambitious. It wasn't the sort of life he knew or understood, but he could at least admire that aspect.]
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[Needed, not wanted, and there's a vital difference between the two words. For Rosalind, at least one of those projects was absolutely necessary-- not just for her scientific curiosity, but her wellbeing.]