don't wait for a knight in shinin' armor, your savior's reflected in the mirror

[perpend]

[That sure was a fucking thing. That execution was a fucking thing. Those secrets are a fucking thing.

Cabanela retreats to his room, but not for all that long. Everyone will get a note eventually, written in very neat handwriting

I do not plan on bowing down to threats and intimidation. If you did not act, it means you were, like me, aware of the risk, but decided against it. Your reasons are entirely your own.

Join me in the dining room if you agree enough is enough, and that you won't acquiesce to threats. I don't plan to let this stop me, and neither should you.

-C

In the dining room itself, Cabanela has set up coffee and tea for those who want it-- there's no food, because to be honest, he doesn't know how to cook. Two more candles have been lit-- he wasn't really sure what to do about the whole... parasite thing... so Fern's candle will have to make due.]

Comments

[zomgboom]

Nice. [She means that sincerely.] I mean, like, sucks to be you for whatever reason they won't let you do magic but also: sticking it to the man is, like, the number 1 way to live your life. Letting people tell you what you can and can't do is, like, so stifling.

. . . Also usually the people trying to tell you what to do are, like, bad people that are trying to do bad in my experience so, like. 'em.

[notaccurate]

[Well, it's nice to hear something other than a scolding for once.]

You are right, 'sticking it to the man' is a good way to live. Though if I get home I will probably go straight to prison, if I am not immediately deported.

[zomgboom]

You can't just, like, bust out of prison with your magic or something? [Magic is seriously not her stuff, so she's never sure about how it does and doesn't work.] I mean, not that I - ok, yeah. I can't even pretend to be responsible or whatever: breaking out of prison is absolutely acceptable when you're in there for reasons.

[notaccurate]

I probably could, but they would just shoot me instead. As much as I value my freedom, I value my life more.

[zomgboom]

Fair. Sometimes living another day is, like, the best victory you can hope for. It's not always blowing up and saving the day.

[notaccurate]

Mmm, it is.

[He's agreeing, but he actually looks a bit sad, like this conversation is stirring up memories of the past within him.

The next part is mumbled, like he didn't mean to say it out loud, but it's definitely audible.]

It would be nice to have something to live for besides 'tomorrow', though.

[zomgboom]

I would say, like, find a cause or whatever to fight for but honestly it's better to, like, start small. Get a dog or something. Make a friend. Somewhere in there you, like, find something that's worth it.

. . . Or just people you don't, like, hate that much. I dunno, that's usually good enough for me but I'm, like, super easy-going.

[notaccurate]

[He makes a face at the 'get a dog' suggestion.]

Why would getting a dog help in any way? They are as much work as a child, and even then there is not the eventual payoff of 'they will be an adult that can take care of themselves someday.'