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"Leave a missive, but be brief about it."

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[traumaticus]

no. he is not.
i am certain you would have have come to know of him if he was.

[conflictresolution]

Tell me about this man of yours from London.

[traumaticus]

he was saved by my father when he was mere a child. after that he became loyal servant to my father and the house of york. when i was born he was tasked with taking care of me where my mother would not.

after my father's death his services were offered to another lord, hastings, who was close friends with my brother edward the fourth. he was one of my trusted comrades in war, as well.

however, during all that time he had never betrayed me, always staying by my side. and after my brother passed, he decided to abandon his vow to york in favor of supporting me.

[conflictresolution]

Hmmm, he sounds loyal indeed. It is a shame that he is not here to support you at this time when you are gathering things for yourself. What is his name?

I suppose you'll have to make due currently with either someone you trust or yourself.

[traumaticus]

sir william catesby. he was knighted.
i suppose i finally found the one place where his loyalty could not reach.

there is one i trust but i doubt he would be interested.

[conflictresolution]

I will keep my eye out for so if he happens to appear here that I can direct him to you. Perhaps he was denied the opportunity to come here so far, and he is pacing waiting to rejoin you when the Council allows.

Who? I can have him vetted, if you like.

[traumaticus]

thank you. however, as much as i would love nothing more than have his presence here, i do think it is best he stays with my wife and son while i'm away.

charles rowland. he is one of my subjects.

[conflictresolution]

Guarding the essentials then. Fair enough. I will still keep an eye out for him as a just in case.

Yes the accent seems similar. He also has the benefit of being aware of us.

[traumaticus]

[......]

what do you mean by 'aware of us'?

[conflictresolution]

I have reason to believe he's aware we are lovers. Not a discussion you two have had?

[traumaticus]

you told him.
despite of what we had agreed on, you told him.

[conflictresolution]

I did not. I became aware of his knowledge on a different conversation with him, and I neither confirmed nor denied what he knew.

[traumaticus]

why did you not deny it?

[conflictresolution]

We did not speak of it openly. I wasn't going give it air.

[traumaticus]

and instead you chose to provide soil for the seed of doubt.
i assumed you would know better.

[conflictresolution]

Sometimes silence and skirting the issue is better for all parties involved.

[traumaticus]

charles is no fool. he is unsettlingly perceptive. with him the seed needs to be ripped out before it has any room to grow.

when did this happen?

[conflictresolution]

Charles does not appear to be the type of person who rumormongers. Is it a fear of discovery or shame of me that has you wishing cover this up?

Weeks ago.

[traumaticus]

we had an agreement.

why do i hear from this only now?

[conflictresolution]

His discovery was not on account of my telling him. I didn't provide the matter air to breathe, nothing more.

It was not a problem that came into play.

[traumaticus]

and yet he somehow found out through you.

i wonder what other problems there are that you have kept from me.

[conflictresolution]

An unforeseen ripple that has borne no fruit. He spoke with Jinx before speaking to me.

Fear and shame then. Very well, we can make one less problem if you wish it so.

[traumaticus]

[oh, so it was the daughter's fault then? it was frustrating and angering to see how silco kept failing to follow what such small ripples would cause. richard came from world where rumors like these had more power than the deadliest blade - they would spread uncontrollably like a disease. something like this was fatal for his legacy, for richard the third. and silco did not see it.

'he is looking to break away from you. he does not respect you, richard. and why would he? a demon like yourself should know better.'

it hurt and stung, like any sort of betrayal does. and it doesn't help that silco seems to be determined on pointing the knife at him. how dare he speak of shame and fear? despite knowing richard's true form?]

if that is the outcome you are seeking then so be it. say a word and i'll release you from this pact

[conflictresolution]

[He had not seen the value of ostracizing Charles over a realization of information that may or may not have value for the man. He had been, perhaps, more frustrated that Jinx had been speaking of him in such a way but that too couldn't be helped. He expected she had found some connection and used an opportunity. No doubt Ragna knew he had someone, but the man was far too antisocial to say anything.

Silco had spent a lifetime with nothing, building up loyalties and experiencing betrayals. Everything he had came to him through a fight of some sort. Honestly, being with Richard might have been the easiest decision he had made regardless of the dogged trouble from his daughter that came with it.

Yet the idea that he couldn't and shouldn't be pleased to have the connection that they had, that it might be considered a shameful dirty secret offended him. It was not the first time that he had considered that Richard's apparent high status might be a point of contention. Oil and water.]

I'm not ashamed of what we have. I don't feel the need to hide it constantly, nor rip it out by shallow roots either. If someone has a problem with our pact, I have no issue providing them a sharp drop and sudden stop. I've murdered for less.

But if a whisper of possibility is enough to spook you to belittling my judgment, we seem to have larger problems.

[traumaticus]

i have given you my reason why i wish to keep this out of light.
what is the problem, then?