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[kingofthisworld]

Dealing with the fools aboard this ship is beginning to grow tiresome.

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[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

I do. But it comes naturally, that it does not require much effort.

[He stops to watch her.]

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

Anything that you do long enough fails to require effort later in progression.

[Pressing in a few more keys, more like the melody to what he played, she's ginger, as tender as she would be in anything else.]

After a while, it becomes second nature. All things are like that. You don't have to put thought into it. It's simply something you end up doing.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

[He watches her fingers as they tenderly press the keys and then he chuckles.]

I do not think I've ever seen anyone play so gently before.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[Zelda blinks and looks up at him. He thinks it's amusing?]

It looks silly, doesn't it?

[She laughs a little.]

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.]

It depends upon the perspective. It is...graceful. Like most things you do.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

Do... you really watch me that closely?

[What a thing for him to say...]

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

It is difficult to miss, Princess. I would think anyone would see it.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

That is true. No one really says anything about it. Except people who... Ah... You know.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I don't know. Enlighten me.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[No. Maybe he doesn't know. She fidgets a little.]

...The people here only talk about things like that when they have an 'interest' in someone, to put it lightly.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

[He knew. He just wanted to hear her say it.]

Do you think I am interested in you, Princess?

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[She stiffens and gawks at him.]

N-no! Never! I never said such a thing, and most certainly never thought it!

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

[He laughs. She's so easy to fluster.]

It's not that terrible, is it?

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[Her head inclines and she taps her fingertips together.]

...I didn't say that... I didn't mean it like that. It would just be very silly for anyone to ever think such a thing.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

Why? Because of our 'fate'?

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

Well, you have already said that your fate really is your own. I cannot disagree with that, especially with the idea that Hyrule is no more. In a way, it releases us of whatever potential fate we had, assuming my theories are more than just theories.

Wouldn't it seem silly to you?

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

I am not known to be a silly man, Princess. If I've said it, it is usually because I mean it.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[...She's not sure she likes hearing that. It's a... a little strange.]

Is that why you are kind to me? Is that why you say the things you do? You are a sly man...

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

I am kind to you because you warrant it. But if you would rather I stopped...

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

I didn't say that.

[She makes a face at him.]

I don't know how I should feel. I don't know how I want to feel. You confuse me. You perplex me.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

I think you know. You are not deter by the others' opinions, though they are your allies. You could very well have refused my invitation. And yet here you are. I believe that means something.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

[Is he right? She just wants to be a good person. Maybe she's not comfortable to being around anyone else. Maybe she doesn't feel like being around other people. Maybe she feels like any potential others don't want her around.

There's a combination of reasons that she's sitting with him now. But are his reasons also a part of that combination?]

I... just want to be fair. It isn't like I trust you. I just wanted to play fair.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

Are you certain? This meeting could have happened in much more public place. If you had suggested it.

[oblique-wisdom.livejournal.com]

You aren't foolish enough to hurt me, here or in public. Even I know that. In that respect, perhaps I am giving you the benefit of the doubt.

[destinedtorule.livejournal.com]

Hurt you? Why ever would I hurt you?