onceandfutureprat | .021 - i'm sorry arthur has nothing public to say about that flood :c

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.021 - i'm sorry arthur has nothing public to say about that flood :c

[Arthur is a restless sleeper. And half the time he ends up curled around a pillow just to have something to hold. While that habit will probably be a good thing in his marriage, it's not really that great when the person he's got an arm around is Morgana. Because they were kids yesterday and he let her sleep in his room because hers wasn't suitable and it wasn't as though either one of them would've accepted sleeping on the floor.

So he's holding her like she is his wife, and he's not awake enough to realize that it's all wrong.]

[Private to Merlin]

Lord Merlin, hm?

[Private to Scrad/Charlie]

I apologize. For my behavior towards you in the flood.

[Private to Arya]

Would you like another lesson in your swordplay?

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[Arthur laughs a little. His father would say the same thing, he's pretty sure. Guinevere would say another.]

If you think that, then power doesn't suit you.

[She thinks he's laughing at her, and she doesn't like that, so she swings at him again.]

I don't care about power. I don't want her crown. [Just her throat. And she remembers she isn't supposed to decide who lives or dies, is this just a test B(]

[It's a test of honor. And you're failing that. Or something. Arthur blocks her swing.]

I know what you want. She might deserve to die, but she also deserves a fair trial.

[No fuck you.]

Why? She's guilty, and a liar, and I - and a girl knows she is.

[Arthur caught the slip, arching an eyebrow at her but he didn't point it out.]

Then a fair trial would find her so.

No. Trials aren't just.

[Did her father have a trial, didn't he admit to all these lies?]

They are justice. Or else we'd all be subject to the whims of a madmen. [And we're not thinking about his father right now, nope.]

We're subject to the whims of whoever's in charge!

[Arthur can't deny that fact and he doesn't try to. But he also believes that a king has a responsibility to be fair and just and he knows that some kings don't share that belief. He doesn't doubt that this Cersei is the same as those other kings.]

I don't want to see you sink to her level, that's all.

[She swings at him instead of answering, vicious this time. She's much smaller than he is, so she takes advantage, making swipes at his legs.]

Why not? Honor just gets a man killed.

[Arthur's forced to take a few steps back to avoid her swing, before he count meet it with one of his own, coming at her from above. He'll use his height against you too, Arya :|]

Honor holds us together. It keeps us from turning into them. Dishonor is what kills, Jeyne, not the other way around."

[Dick :| She doesn't try to block, just hits the floor and rolls away, bouncing back to her feet.]

You're wrong. Honor makes you lose your head.

[How many times had the tale of the Red Wedding been whispered in the Ragman's Harbor? she knew why Robb was at the Towers, she'd been there, almost seen him - and she had seen her father, so how they made him kneel and confess falsehoods and--

She hadn't seen him lose his head. At least there was that.]

[You're never going to convince Arthur that her family died because of their honor, but rather that people betrayed that honor and took advantage of it. He advances on her, waiting for her retaliation.]

People will try to kill you for all sorts of reasons.

[And he'll have a hell of a time convincing her of that.]

And people without honor live longer.

[Where's Guinevere :c]

And what sort of life do you think that is?

[Sorry bro :c]

A long one.

But certainly not better.

Why not? Living is better.

[Arthur sighs and looks at her, almost sadly.]

Then why would you want to steal someone else's life?

Better to steal theirs, before they take a girl's.

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