Perpetual Gloom 011c

[7/22/2013 12:00:51 AM] Kate: She's headed for the bedroom. [7/22/2013 12:01:13 AM] Khiro: Khiro follows! [7/22/2013 12:02:15 AM] Kate: She steps in. She doesn't close the door on his face, but she looks like she'd like to! [7/22/2013 12:02:56 AM] Khiro: Can I come in? [7/22/2013 12:03:13 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... yeah, I guess. [7/22/2013 12:03:20 AM] Kate: She rubs her eyes! She has totally *not* been crying! [7/22/2013 12:04:06 AM] Khiro: Khiro goes into her room! [7/22/2013 12:04:28 AM] Kate: She closes the door! [7/22/2013 12:06:28 AM] Kate: She turns and stares at him, arms folded! [7/22/2013 12:07:27 AM] Khiro: ... Tae Li intends on destroying your city, you know. I promised her mother I wouldn't let her. [7/22/2013 12:07:39 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... great. [7/22/2013 12:08:00 AM] Khiro: You're my fiancee. [7/22/2013 12:09:27 AM] Khiro: It's not just... an engagement of convenience, is it? [7/22/2013 12:10:40 AM] Kate: Alydia folds her arms. "I'm not very good at not caring, okay?" [7/22/2013 12:11:34 AM] Khiro: And I'm not good at not caring what you think. I'm a lousy spy. [7/22/2013 12:12:05 AM] Kate: Alydia: What are we going to do? [7/22/2013 12:16:00 AM] Kate: She looks at Khiro! [7/22/2013 12:16:43 AM] Khiro: We need to talk her out of this destructive path. [7/22/2013 12:18:59 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... yes. [7/22/2013 12:20:24 AM] Khiro: I promised her mother I wouldn't let her do this. She's not a bad person. Just.... stubborn. She sees things in black and white. [7/22/2013 12:21:01 AM] Kate: Alydia: And I'm black. [7/22/2013 12:22:37 AM] Khiro: So is everyone in your city, to her. All she sees is the slavery. It makes perfect sense to her. [7/22/2013 12:25:52 AM] Khiro: I just... don't know how to make her listen to me. [7/22/2013 12:26:16 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... I don't either. [7/22/2013 12:27:52 AM] Kate: Alydia: Do you care about her? [7/22/2013 12:30:46 AM] Khiro: A little. not as much as I care about you. [7/22/2013 12:31:39 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... oh. But you *do* care about me? [7/22/2013 12:32:12 AM] Khiro: Khiro nods. "I do.  Very much.  I really don't like that I caused you pain with this whole.... mess." [7/22/2013 12:33:06 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... if you could just get her to stop being so *hateful.* [7/22/2013 12:34:36 AM] Kate: She wanders over and hugs Khiro. [7/22/2013 12:35:11 AM] Khiro: I know. [7/22/2013 12:35:22 AM] Khiro: I just... don't know what to do. [7/22/2013 12:35:26 AM] Khiro: Khiro hugs her back! [7/22/2013 12:35:46 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... well, this *is* a bedroom. [7/22/2013 12:36:48 AM] Khiro: So it is. [7/22/2013 12:38:18 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... I suppose she's expecting you too. [7/22/2013 12:39:34 AM] Khiro: She.... invited me, yes. [7/22/2013 12:40:40 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... well, then you can't stay, I guess... [7/22/2013 12:42:37 AM] Khiro: Do you want me to stay? [7/22/2013 12:43:10 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... if she's expecting you you probably *shouldn't.* But you could take a *little* time, right? [7/22/2013 12:43:39 AM] Khiro: You know that if you asked me to choose, I'd choose you, right? Every time. [7/22/2013 12:45:25 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... how come? [7/22/2013 12:47:01 AM] Khiro: Because you're you. [7/22/2013 12:47:19 AM] Kate: Alydia: That doesn't make any sense. [7/22/2013 12:50:01 AM] Khiro: Khiro shrugs. "These things often don't." He smiles. [7/22/2013 12:51:33 AM] Kate: She kisses him! [7/22/2013 12:52:08 AM] Khiro: He kisses her back! [7/22/2013 12:52:48 AM] Kate: Probably a curtain there. [7/22/2013 12:52:55 AM | Edited 12:53:19 AM] Kate: Does he go find Tae Li afterward? [7/22/2013 12:55:41 AM] Khiro: He would ask Alydia about it. ".... I don't know what would happen if she started feeling like she was getting pushed away." [7/22/2013 12:58:18 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... as long as you care about *me.* ... see if you can get her to stop being such an asshole. [7/22/2013 1:00:19 AM] Khiro: I do care about you. We're going to be married. [7/22/2013 1:02:16 AM] Kate: Alydia: It'll be okay, right? I won't be... embarassing or anything? I don't even know how it works topside. [7/22/2013 1:03:44 AM] Khiro: You're smart, you'll figure it out. There'll be some adjustment, but... I don't think it's that different. Except for all the sky. [7/22/2013 1:04:53 AM] Kate: Alydia: It's a lot of emptiness. [7/22/2013 1:04:59 AM] Kate: She sits up and helps him get dressed again. [7/22/2013 1:07:48 AM] Kate: Alydia: I try not to think about it. [7/22/2013 1:08:55 AM] Khiro: Hmm. [7/22/2013 1:09:25 AM] Khiro: I guess I never thought about it. Just like how when we're underground, it allways feel like when we're indoors. [7/22/2013 1:09:54 AM] Kate: Alydia: I noticed your windows were enclosed. [7/22/2013 1:10:50 AM] Khiro: Well, sure. Weather. [7/22/2013 1:11:45 AM] Kate: Alydia: Random things, falling from the sky. Worse than rocks. Snow. [7/22/2013 1:12:18 AM] Khiro: And rain. [7/22/2013 1:12:31 AM] Khiro: It's not random. [7/22/2013 1:13:47 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... I'm sure I'll get used to it. [7/22/2013 1:13:54 AM] Kate: She kisses him again. "... go on." [7/22/2013 1:14:10 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... maybe you should bring her a bottle of wine. She seems to be pretty high-strung. [7/22/2013 1:15:09 AM] Khiro: Okay. [7/22/2013 1:15:14 AM] Khiro: Khiro kisses her back. [7/22/2013 1:15:34 AM] Kate: Alydia: And try not to let her scratch you up so much. [7/22/2013 1:15:40 AM | Edited 1:15:44 AM] Kate: ((Note: It was totally Alydia that did that.)) [7/22/2013 1:16:47 AM] Khiro: all right. [7/22/2013 1:17:04 AM] Kate: Is he going to grab some wine or no? [7/22/2013 1:17:15 AM] Khiro: He will. [7/22/2013 1:18:37 AM] Kate: Knock first? [7/22/2013 1:18:46 AM] Khiro: He'll do that too. [7/22/2013 1:19:05 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Enter. [7/22/2013 1:19:15 AM] Khiro: Khiro enters! [7/22/2013 1:20:19 AM] Kate: Tae Li has taken her armor off, but she's wearing her Drow draperies. She's gone back to looking like her ordinary nonDrow appearance, though. [7/22/2013 1:20:32 AM] Khiro: I brought wine. [7/22/2013 1:21:01 AM] Kate: She blinks, obviously surprised. "... is it safe to drink here?" [7/22/2013 1:21:30 AM] Khiro: It's pretty good. And I haven't dropped dead yet. So it's probably not poisoned. [7/22/2013 1:22:36 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... as long as you are certain we will not have to fight at a moment's notice. [7/22/2013 1:24:08 AM] Khiro: Can you ever be certain of that? Luckily I don't have to aim most of my spells. [7/22/2013 1:24:30 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... well. All right. [7/22/2013 1:24:36 AM] Kate: She sits. [7/22/2013 1:25:15 AM] Khiro: Khiro sits as well! [7/22/2013 1:26:47 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... I don't know how to open a wine bottle. [7/22/2013 1:28:21 AM] Khiro: Khiro opens it, and pours a couple of cups! [7/22/2013 1:29:23 AM] Kate: She takes a sip of the wine, cautiously. "So." [7/22/2013 1:30:27 AM] Khiro: So? [7/22/2013 1:31:49 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I did not think you would come here. [7/22/2013 1:32:25 AM] Khiro: I wasn't sure myself. [7/22/2013 1:33:12 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... I am glad. [7/22/2013 1:33:50 AM] Khiro: Khiro smiles at her. "So... you don't like snakes?" [7/22/2013 1:34:20 AM] Kate: Tae Li smiles back. Slightly. It's probably one of the few times you've ever seen her smile. [7/22/2013 1:34:27 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I was bitten as a child. [7/22/2013 1:34:53 AM] Khiro: I suppose that would put people off snakes. [7/22/2013 1:36:25 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I almost died. It was... very close. [7/22/2013 1:36:39 AM] Khiro: Poisonous? [7/22/2013 1:38:43 AM] Kate: Tae Li nods. "Very." [7/22/2013 1:38:58 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... and of course no one keeps cures around in any organized fashion at home. [7/22/2013 1:39:21 AM] Khiro: They seemed like good people. [7/22/2013 1:40:41 AM] Kate: Tae Li: They are very good. They are very aggravating. [7/22/2013 1:41:21 AM] Kate: She keeps sipping her wine. [7/22/2013 1:41:43 AM] Khiro: Aggravating? [7/22/2013 1:43:34 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Frustrating. [7/22/2013 1:43:48 AM] Kate: Tae Li: A sensible settlement would have an infirmary. [7/22/2013 1:46:23 AM] Kate: Tae Li: But they are kind, and they fight for many people. [7/22/2013 1:46:48 AM] Khiro: Khiro nods. "Your mother, what was it she called you?" [7/22/2013 1:48:11 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Kin. Another nickname. [7/22/2013 1:48:40 AM] Khiro: I like it. [7/22/2013 1:49:22 AM] Kate: Tae Li: You may use it if you wish. [7/22/2013 1:53:21 AM] Khiro: Khiro smiles. "Thanks.  Is it short for anything?" [7/22/2013 1:53:44 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Kintaelia. [7/22/2013 1:54:18 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Both Kin and Tae Li are part of my name. [7/22/2013 1:54:33 AM] Khiro: Huh. [7/22/2013 1:54:45 AM] Khiro: That's pretty. [7/22/2013 1:55:34 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... your own name is so short I suppose you have no nicknames. [7/22/2013 1:56:17 AM] Khiro: Khiro isn't my real name. [7/22/2013 1:59:10 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... what is? [7/22/2013 2:00:05 AM] Khiro: Ran. So, even shorter, really. [7/22/2013 2:00:36 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Why do you not use it? [7/22/2013 2:03:33 AM] Khiro: I do a lot of work that requires I keep things secret. [7/22/2013 2:04:27 AM] Kate: Tae Li: What kind of work? [7/22/2013 2:04:31 AM] Kate: She keeps sipping her wine. [7/22/2013 2:05:17 AM] Khiro: Undercover work. [7/22/2013 2:06:41 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Under what cover? [7/22/2013 2:08:54 AM] Khiro: I pretend to be someone else to gather information on my nation's enemies. [7/22/2013 2:09:31 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... a spy. Is *that* what you are doing here? [7/22/2013 2:10:24 AM] Khiro: No. I was between jobs. They encourage me to do freelance work to keep my skills sharp. [7/22/2013 2:10:53 AM] Khiro: ((I rolled a 19 SM on her.)) [7/22/2013 2:11:26 AM] Kate: She approves. Also she has a big fat crush on Khiro, but I think he knew that. [7/22/2013 2:13:25 AM] Kate: Tae Li: And your family approves? [7/22/2013 2:14:22 AM] Khiro: They do. [7/22/2013 2:15:39 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Hard to imagine an ordinary family. [7/22/2013 2:16:30 AM] Khiro: Ordinary? [7/22/2013 2:16:38 AM] Khiro: No one thinks their family is ordinary. [7/22/2013 2:17:14 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... I had two; demons, and angels. [7/22/2013 2:17:41 AM] Khiro: I had two fathers and a mother. [7/22/2013 2:18:44 AM] Kate: Tae Li: But they were not in hell. [7/22/2013 2:19:02 AM] Khiro: No. They were pretty good to me. [7/22/2013 2:19:59 AM] Kate: Tae Li: And you have a soul. [7/22/2013 2:20:15 AM] Khiro: I do, last I checked. [7/22/2013 2:20:44 AM] Kate: Tae Li: You do not need to check. It is there. [7/22/2013 2:21:06 AM] Khiro: Oh. Well, good. [7/22/2013 2:21:29 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I can... I know it is there. [7/22/2013 2:21:48 AM] Khiro: You don't have a soul? [7/22/2013 2:22:43 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I am a soul. [7/22/2013 2:23:16 AM] Khiro: Oh. That's different. [7/22/2013 2:23:49 AM] Kate: Tae Li: If I die here, I return to hell. [7/22/2013 2:24:40 AM] Khiro: You do? [7/22/2013 2:25:40 AM] Kate: Tae Li: It is so with most demons. I do not wish to go back. [7/22/2013 2:27:34 AM] Khiro: I can't blame you. So you don't actually have a body? [7/22/2013 2:28:02 AM] Kate: Tae Li: It is one and the same for demons. Also some angels, although I am less certain of that. [7/22/2013 2:29:12 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... I am hoping if I do some deed great enough, I will not be sent back there. [7/22/2013 2:29:40 AM] Khiro: Great enough? Or good enough? [7/22/2013 2:30:35 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Both. [7/22/2013 2:30:44 AM] Kate: She finishes her glass of wine and pours another one! [7/22/2013 2:37:53 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... I do not want to go back. [7/22/2013 2:38:50 AM] Khiro: I can't blame you. But you know my position on this. I don't think killing a city will be that great deed.

[7/29/2013 12:30:42 AM] Kate: Tae Li frowns. "Likely not." [7/29/2013 12:32:30 AM] Khiro: What do you think would? [7/29/2013 12:33:28 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I am not sure. [7/29/2013 12:35:58 AM] Khiro: Khiro is thoughtful. "I think you need to focus more on 'good' than 'great'. [7/29/2013 12:36:15 AM] Kate: Tae Li: You feel I am not *good* enough? [7/29/2013 12:37:20 AM] Khiro: I didn't say that.  I think you're a good person.  I'd rather be a good person than a great one, wouldn't you? [7/29/2013 12:38:21 AM] Kate: Tae Li: One can accomplish both. [7/29/2013 12:39:38 AM] Kate: She sips more wine! And shows no sign of being drunk. [7/29/2013 12:42:27 AM] Khiro: So... I assume your otherworldly constitution helps with the alcohol consumption. [7/29/2013 12:43:16 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I don't know. I don't usually drink. What languages do you speak? [7/29/2013 12:44:08 AM] Khiro: Draconic, elven, orcish, dwarven, and a bit of abyssal and infernal. [7/29/2013 12:45:17 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... Abyssal would be easier for me. [7/29/2013 12:46:22 AM] Khiro: Khiro switches to speaking Abyssal.  "Easier than common?" [7/29/2013 12:46:53 AM] Kate: Tae Li: A lot easier. Common was hard to learn; it still sounds odd to my ears. [7/29/2013 12:47:12 AM] Kate: (She's replying in Abyssal.) [7/29/2013 12:49:27 AM] Khiro: When did you learn it? [7/29/2013 12:53:56 AM] Kate: Tae Li shrugs. [7/29/2013 12:54:25 AM] Kate: Tae Li keeps answering in Abyssal. "About a year ago. I'm good with languages but Common was... unexpectedly difficult." [7/29/2013 12:56:12 AM] Khiro: So soon? You speak very well considering. Usually I have to speak a language for quite some time before I can speak as clearly. [7/29/2013 12:57:35 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I feel like I lack the nuance I have with the other languages I speak. [7/29/2013 12:58:07 AM] Khiro: How long have you been speaking Abyssal, then? [7/29/2013 12:59:32 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Since before I could remember, of course. [7/29/2013 12:59:45 AM] Kate: ((I'm not putting A: in front of everything, but she's still answering that way.)) [7/29/2013 1:01:20 AM] Khiro: ((So is Khiro, for the record.)) [7/29/2013 1:02:03 AM] Khiro: I was raised speaking elven and common, so it was never really hard to pick it up. [7/29/2013 1:03:15 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Abyssal and its related languages are so much more uniform. There are so few exceptions to the rules. [7/29/2013 1:03:32 AM] Khiro: What rules? [7/29/2013 1:04:39 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Linguistic rules. One moose, two moose. [7/29/2013 1:05:58 AM] Khiro: Given that common developed as a pidgin of other languages, it's not hard to see why it's so... chaotic. [7/29/2013 1:08:25 AM] Kate: Tae Li: And very difficult to compose in. [7/29/2013 1:08:42 AM] Khiro: Compose what? [7/29/2013 1:09:09 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Sonnets, things of that nature. Abyssal is much easier. [7/29/2013 1:09:19 AM] Khiro: You're a poet? [7/29/2013 1:11:16 AM] Kate: Tae Li nods. [7/29/2013 1:11:51 AM] Khiro: Read me something you've  written. [7/29/2013 1:13:46 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... aloud? [7/29/2013 1:14:14 AM] Khiro: Well, sure. It's just the two of us, after all. [7/29/2013 1:14:41 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... are you certain? [7/29/2013 1:14:56 AM] Kate: She folds her arms selfconsciously. [7/29/2013 1:15:00 AM] Khiro: Yes, please. [7/29/2013 1:18:28 AM] Kate: She hesitates a little bit and then, finally, recites a poem in Abyssal. While her tone of voice is kind of wooden, and she mostly looks at the ground, awkwardly, the poem is a weirdly passionate description of a key battle in a war, almost lurid in its descriptiveness. [7/29/2013 1:19:42 AM] Khiro: Khiro smiles. "That's lovely.  When did you write that?" [7/29/2013 1:20:50 AM] Kate: Tae Li: While I was recuperating from a wounded wing. [7/29/2013 1:21:34 AM] Khiro: Were you wounded in that battle? [7/29/2013 1:22:55 AM] Kate: She nods. "The chain-spear was coated with a poison meant to slay celestials; I was fortunate not to be one." [7/29/2013 1:23:38 AM] Khiro: Who were you fighting? [7/29/2013 1:24:42 AM] Kate: Tae Li smiles. "Demons." [7/29/2013 1:25:18 AM] Khiro: How many? [7/29/2013 1:25:53 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Impossible to tell; they use illusion to bolster their ranks. [7/29/2013 1:26:24 AM] Khiro: Was it just you? [7/29/2013 1:26:55 AM] Kate: She shakes her head. "No, with the ghaele." [7/29/2013 1:29:46 AM] Kate: Tae Li: They were rescuing slaves. [7/29/2013 1:29:55 AM] Khiro: Khiro nods. "You were rescuing slaves." [7/29/2013 1:31:26 AM] Kate: Tae Li: It is very difficult to get them organized enough to do anything, but they are truly formidable. [7/29/2013 1:31:52 AM] Khiro: Some of them breathe fire, apparently. Did you lead the attack? [7/29/2013 1:32:15 AM] Kate: Tae Li: No, no. I'm only a child to them. [7/29/2013 1:32:36 AM] Khiro: How did you end up with them? [7/29/2013 1:33:25 AM] Kate: Tae Li: They killed my mother, and Ardeth took me up. She wouldn't allow a child to be killed. [7/29/2013 1:36:56 AM] Khiro: I see. Must've been hard for you with them. They seem a good people, don't mistake me. [7/29/2013 1:39:30 AM] Kate: Tae Li: It was very different. [7/29/2013 1:40:01 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I don't remember much about it, before I went to Ardeth. But it was very different. [7/29/2013 1:40:47 AM] Khiro: Well, you were only a child. [7/29/2013 1:41:29 AM] Kate: Tae Li: They kept me so for a time, to make it easier. Usually succubi grow up in a week. [7/29/2013 1:41:50 AM] Khiro: ....oh. [7/29/2013 1:43:22 AM] Kate: Tae Li: They felt it would be better if I had more time to adjust. [7/29/2013 1:44:56 AM] Khiro: Were they right? [7/29/2013 1:45:28 AM] Kate: Tae Li nods. "I believe so." [7/29/2013 1:45:59 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... they are very tolerant of strangeness in others. [7/29/2013 1:47:27 AM] Kate: Tae Li smiles. "I was very lucky." [7/29/2013 1:47:52 AM] Khiro: Khiro smiles. "I'd say so." ((Work advil work.)) [7/29/2013 1:48:20 AM] Kate: ((*hug*)) [7/29/2013 1:48:37 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... why are you talking to me like this? [7/29/2013 1:51:57 AM] Khiro: Why wouldn't I? [7/29/2013 1:52:29 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... people don't. [7/29/2013 1:53:16 AM] Khiro: Why not? [7/29/2013 1:54:17 AM | Edited 1:54:22 AM] Kate: Tae Li shrugs. "I don't know." [7/29/2013 1:55:35 AM] Khiro: Well, they should. You're pretty interesting. [7/29/2013 1:55:50 AM] Khiro: You're more than just a surly attitude. [7/29/2013 1:58:13 AM] Kate: She shrugs again. "... I like that you do." [7/29/2013 2:02:13 AM] Khiro: Khiro smiles. "You are pretty surly, though." [7/29/2013 2:02:40 AM] Kate: Tae Li rolls her eyes. "I don't express myself well in Common." [7/29/2013 2:03:48 AM] Khiro: Thus the surliness. [7/29/2013 2:05:01 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Thus your mistaking me for being surly. [7/29/2013 2:06:31 AM] Khiro: ...what came first, the surly chicken or the surly egg? [7/29/2013 2:07:25 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I could still flay the skin from your body. [7/29/2013 2:07:39 AM] Kate: ((Feel free to SM that.)) [7/29/2013 2:08:24 AM] Khiro: ((24!)) [7/29/2013 2:08:52 AM] Kate: It is *really* hard to tell, but she's kidding. [7/29/2013 2:09:55 AM] Khiro: I don't doubt it. My skin is not terribly hard to flay. My powers are all incredibly useless in a fight. [7/29/2013 2:10:48 AM] Kate: Tae Li: You have other skills. [7/29/2013 2:11:32 AM] Khiro: If I didn't someone would have flayed me ages ago. [7/29/2013 2:15:41 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I would not. [7/29/2013 2:16:01 AM] Kate: She reaches over and strokes the side of his face. [7/29/2013 2:17:09 AM] Khiro: Khiro smiles. "That's good.  I don't think my charm spells would work on you." [7/29/2013 2:19:01 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I would prefer that you did not try. [7/29/2013 2:19:15 AM] Khiro: I like my skin, thank you. [7/29/2013 2:20:41 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I do also. [7/29/2013 2:22:53 AM] Khiro: Khiro smiles. [7/29/2013 2:24:12 AM] Kate: Tae Li, shyly: I like you very much. [7/29/2013 2:24:23 AM] Kate: ... of course, it's in Abyssal, so it actually sounds kind of scary, but. [7/29/2013 2:27:36 AM] Khiro: I'm quite fond of you, too. ((Rar rar growl death blood bowelrake.)) [7/29/2013 2:28:28 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... and you are certain Alydia doesn't care? She seemed upset today. [7/29/2013 2:29:22 AM] Khiro: I don't want to upset either of you. I'm fond of you both. But I think we've come to an understanding. At least for now. [7/29/2013 2:33:11 AM] Kate: Tae Li: What understanding? [7/29/2013 2:33:45 AM] Khiro: She knows that I'm fond of you. That I don't want to turn away from you. [7/29/2013 2:34:19 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... she presents many problems for me. [7/29/2013 2:34:46 AM] Khiro: How? [7/29/2013 2:35:54 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... she's quite... likeable. [7/29/2013 2:36:13 AM] Khiro: ...and you don't want to like her. [7/29/2013 2:37:49 AM] Kate: Tae Li nods. "It will make the task more difficult later on." [7/29/2013 2:39:47 AM] Khiro: ... you know why I don't want you to do this thing you plan on doing? [7/29/2013 2:41:18 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Why? [7/29/2013 2:42:04 AM] Khiro: It's not just because of Alydia, or the innocents in the city. It's mostly because I'm worried about what it will do to *you*. [7/29/2013 2:44:24 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Must we talk about that? [7/29/2013 2:44:48 AM] Khiro: You brought it up. [7/29/2013 2:44:55 AM] Khiro: But.... no. [7/29/2013 2:48:43 AM] Kate: Tae Li: Why would you worry about me? [7/29/2013 2:49:04 AM] Khiro: Because I'm fond of you, like I said. [7/29/2013 2:53:24 AM] Kate: She kisses him! [7/29/2013 2:53:39 AM] Khiro: he kisses her back! [7/29/2013 2:55:07 AM] Kate: ((Curtain there?))