[ Does even God know how to get Mordred to be less Mordred.....
But it's not Gray's job to make sure Mordred behaves herself. And while it might be Eustace's job to moderate how he behaves around Mordred, he's pretty sure nothing he can do at this point will alleviate the deep dislike she has of him. ]
It was back at the shrines. In Horos. [ Which seems like such a distant time now. ] I don't recall doing anything out of the ordinary.
[ He was just being himself...which tbh is enough to provoke anyone into disliking him. ]
[ Back in Horos... Things were more tense back then, but even so, Gray can't imagine Eustace doing anything legitimately offensive without him knowing it. She'll just chalk it up to Mordred being Mordred. ]
If it helps, she didn't like me much at first either. If it weren't for my face, she probably would've stopped paying attention to me.
[ That detail comes out of her with surprising ease; the topic of her face was once close to taboo, but she can at least be (fairly) certain that the legend of King Arthur would mean nothing to Eustace. ]
Actually, she was a famous knight, but it sounds like she didn't like a lot of the other knights. Maybe you remind her of them.
[ The suggestion isn't completely serious, but she could see Eustace as a knight in a different universe. ]
[ Truly Gray's power of imagination far exceeds his own, because he can't imagine any timeline where he ends up as a knight in service of someone else. Maybe it's because he's traveled with too many storybook knights, whose ideals and convictions he can appreciate but not fully adopt for himself.
But also: ]
Because I don't like many other people?
[ It's an objective statement and not any sort of hurt accusation. He knows the (mostly true) image he projects to other people. ]
[ Gray blinks. She knows he can be stoic and reclusive, but she wouldn't have categorized him as a misanthrope. ]
I was thinking more that you're serious and disciplined...
[ Though when she thinks about it, her sampling of Round Table Knights (Kay, Mordred) would seem to suggest that they were more incorrigible than not. ]
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Date: 2023-10-11 10:04 pm (UTC)But it's not Gray's job to make sure Mordred behaves herself. And while it might be Eustace's job to moderate how he behaves around Mordred, he's pretty sure nothing he can do at this point will alleviate the deep dislike she has of him. ]
It was back at the shrines. In Horos. [ Which seems like such a distant time now. ] I don't recall doing anything out of the ordinary.
[ He was just being himself...which tbh is enough to provoke anyone into disliking him. ]
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Date: 2023-10-14 03:27 am (UTC)If it helps, she didn't like me much at first either. If it weren't for my face, she probably would've stopped paying attention to me.
[ That detail comes out of her with surprising ease; the topic of her face was once close to taboo, but she can at least be (fairly) certain that the legend of King Arthur would mean nothing to Eustace. ]
Actually, she was a famous knight, but it sounds like she didn't like a lot of the other knights. Maybe you remind her of them.
[ The suggestion isn't completely serious, but she could see Eustace as a knight in a different universe. ]
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Date: 2023-10-15 05:09 pm (UTC)But also: ]
Because I don't like many other people?
[ It's an objective statement and not any sort of hurt accusation. He knows the (mostly true) image he projects to other people. ]
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Date: 2023-10-16 04:19 am (UTC)I was thinking more that you're serious and disciplined...
[ Though when she thinks about it, her sampling of Round Table Knights (Kay, Mordred) would seem to suggest that they were more incorrigible than not. ]