audience: ashlyn

[mygod]

Comments

[mygod]

It will.

[ it would be funny... ]

It is annoying to be made to hug, or even to get hugs from others unexpectedly. I would enjoy this week's. Next week's could always be worse.

[killies]

[ so why would you suggest it... ]

I refuse to enjoy something just because things might get worse.

[mygod]

Offering options.

[ even bad ones. ]

I see. So you have experience with taking things for granted...?

[killies]

Not really...

[mygod]

You just do not like being forced to do something against your will?

[killies]

At least when it's totally pointless, yeah. Does anyone like being bossed around?

[mygod]

I believe my circumstances are a bit... different for this conversation, being I serve on a queen's court.

I take orders often, even ones I dislike.

[killies]

But you can at least see the logic behind orders you dislike, right? Like, there has to be a reason for them.

[mygod]

Well, some of them, yes. Some of them... I don't believe have any logic at all.

[killies]

Then why would you serve someone who makes pointless commands?

[mygod]

[ they are quiet a moment, not because they've been caught, but because they are trying to figure out how to say what they want. ]

Because there are expectations for me based on the structure of my society. I am in a position not many reach simply by the privilege of my birth. Because of my mother.

And it is only this trajectory - my den, my court position, my allegiance - that I can be closer to the artifacts in which I have a great deal of interest.

[killies]

So it's not really loyalty. It's convenience?

[mygod]

There is a natural sort of loyalty to my family, but otherwise... yes, in a way.

[killies]

But you still get something out of the arrangement in return for following dumb rules.

[mygod]

I suppose so. I am not the ruling authority, but I do have a high level of authority and access to places and information civilians do not.

[killies]

But do we get any special perks like that for following these rules?

[mygod]

I don't know. You would have to follow them to find out.

[killies]

[ ugh... ]

Fine...