onceandfutureprat | .031 - backdated to a few days ago

I know.

She seemed nice. [He's ramping up to an apology, just give him time.]

She was wonderful.

I'm glad you had an opportunity to meet her.

[And she still is wonderful. And as for meeting her, well...he doesn't want to think about it very much.]

Why didn't you mention her before?

I knew her a handful of days and they ended when I watched her die.

I'm... sorry for how it ended.

I don't blame you for it either, Arthur. She was right. All you knew was that you were slaying the monster that was terrorising the town.

And I hurt you by doing so.

What else could you have done?

I forgave you a long time ago.

[Who knows, Merlin, who even knows.]

Hm.

How's Morgana doing?

She's well enough to throw things at me when I try to check on her.

[Yeah she's great. 8|]

...I have no reason to think she isn't healing as she should be. She has no quarrel with Dr. Banner, and Charles comes to sit with her every day. I would know by now if there were anything more amiss.

How long was she imprisoned, Merlin?

Two years.

[What akjsdfna]

By the Sarrum.

Did you lie to her, when you said we didn't know?

No.

Rumours began to spread, after she had escaped. I assumed the Sarrum sent bounty hunters to retrieve her.

What exactly did we think happened to her for two years?

We thought her to have been killed during her retreat from Camelot.

[Although Merlin was always kind of shaky on that since he brought a ceiling down on her and then lol no body. :/]

And I suppose it will be peaceful during that time. [Are you listening, Merlin, there's some unhappiness with that idea in there.]

[He wasn't exactly delighted at the time.]

Yes.

[afdajsa Morgana, you make everything awful.]

She will recover from her ordeal then.

Her body will. But her mind and spirit grow more damaged than ever.

I know the admiral believes she can graduate, but I'm not hopeful for it.

That's why she isn't our responsibility. Though I hope she finds a Warden who can share that belief.

I'm terribly sorry to hear that. She was a charming woman.

Yes, she is.

I will miss her. Granted, I realize you will miss her more.

She will be there when I return home, it will be tolerable.

If you and she remember the Barge at all, give her my best wishes.

I will.

[She could just contact him over the network, but... well, she has left over cookies and Arthur could probably use some company. Which is why she's knocking on his door right now instead of giving any kind of a warning but let's be honest, he probably won't be too surprised to find her there.]

[Arthur's not surprised, because Cass has a habit of showing up after people from Camelot leave apparently. He doesn't seem as distressed as when Merlin disappeared because he's on good terms with Guinevere, or he was, and she's safer there than she would've been here.

It's for the best, even if he is a little lonely now.]

Hello Cass.

[She's a little surprised at first that he doesn't look more upset, but it all makes sense once she gets a good look at him. Gwen had always been so kind and so nice to her, so maybe it is better she's not in this kind of environment any longer.]

Hi Arthur.

[She'd taken the time to put the cookies into a bag, and now the bag is pushed into his hand before she steps in and hugs him. He's not as upset as she expected, but he's still hurting. Hopefully, a hug or two will help and the cookies will solve the rest.]

[We really need to talk about hugs here.

Arthur tolerates that for about five seconds before he pulls away. It's so he can inspect the bag she put in his hand, obviously.]

What's this?

[Honestly, it's about four seconds longer than she expected him to let her hug him.]

Cookies. Had extra. Brought them, for you.

[And since he's just kind of holding the bag like it's some kind of strange and unusual device meant to confound the masses, she reaches out and opens it up for him so he can see the perfectly harmless cookies inside.]

[It's mostly just strange that she gave it to him at all.]

Did you make these?

Yes.

[Oh wait hang on.]

Uh, had help. Someone else... read recipe. Measured stuff. They're not bad.

[She can see how getting cookies from someone who can't read might raise a few red flags.]

[He actually hadn't thought of that, because Arthur... doesn't know how to cook at all. So he can't very well tell someone else how to do it.]

Um. Thank you.

[Except he totally could do exactly that if it were Merlin don't lie.]

You okay?

[Merlin is an exceptional to almost every rule.

Arthur knows what she means, and he doesn't answer right away.]

She's safer in Camelot.

Maybe. Doesn't mean... you won't miss her.

[But he has friends here who will keep him busy and keep him from dwelling too much. And hey, whacking things with swords always makes Cass feel better, so...]

Still doing morning training?

[He will miss her, he can't deny that. But he doesn't really want to talk about it.]

Of course I am.

Want to learn... new sword fighting style?

Such as?

Know lots of them. Could show you... every form, then you pick. Choose favorite, then I'll teach you.

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