[Two very confused magicless witches (??) in the middle of a human library is probably not something anyone expected to happen in Gloucester, but here it is. Hunter's hackles are raised but with Eda's bizarre response it's his confusion that's overtaking all of his other emotions - mostly because what she's saying makes no sense to him. Saving his butt? Thanking her? Most important of all -]
'Used to'? What are you talking about??
[Trying to wrap his head around that one is a doozy. Does she assume that his return to the castle with the key didn't go well? Shouldn't she be assuming the opposite? And how does she even know Belos is rebuilding the portal, surely Luz must have told her that she blasted it with glyph magic back during the petrification ceremony.
Okay, okay this is a lot to take in, and he needs to focus on one thing at a time if he's going to get any answers out of her. Of course, this would be infinitely easier if he had his artificial staff to threaten her with, or even Flapjack, if his magic was working properly, but he doesn't so he'll have to make do with... having a conversation. Like a normal person.
Ugh.]
Just because I'm not in my full uniform doesn't mean I've stepped down from being the Golden Guard. [He's starting off haughty.] This is just easier to blend in!
[Not really, he still looks like he's stepped out of a LARPing session. Blending in when your whole existence has been about trying to stand out is hard.]
And what are you talking about, saving me? Just because I stole the key from the Blight girl doesn't mean you saved me. [That's the best explanation he can come up with on such short notice, and even he can tell it doesn't quite fit, but he's floundering a bit here.]
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'Used to'? What are you talking about??
[Trying to wrap his head around that one is a doozy. Does she assume that his return to the castle with the key didn't go well? Shouldn't she be assuming the opposite? And how does she even know Belos is rebuilding the portal, surely Luz must have told her that she blasted it with glyph magic back during the petrification ceremony.
Okay, okay this is a lot to take in, and he needs to focus on one thing at a time if he's going to get any answers out of her. Of course, this would be infinitely easier if he had his artificial staff to threaten her with, or even Flapjack, if his magic was working properly, but he doesn't so he'll have to make do with... having a conversation. Like a normal person.
Ugh.]
Just because I'm not in my full uniform doesn't mean I've stepped down from being the Golden Guard. [He's starting off haughty.] This is just easier to blend in!
[Not really, he still looks like he's stepped out of a LARPing session. Blending in when your whole existence has been about trying to stand out is hard.]
And what are you talking about, saving me? Just because I stole the key from the Blight girl doesn't mean you saved me. [That's the best explanation he can come up with on such short notice, and even he can tell it doesn't quite fit, but he's floundering a bit here.]