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

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[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]

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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?

[conflictresolution]

And I have acquiesced to the request and respected your reasoning.

When I made the deduction that Charles knew of us, I made a judgment call that he wouldn't be loose lipped. That my assessment of his character calls into question our pact is a stretch at best.

[traumaticus]

is that why you keep twisting my words and intentions, trying to place your own doubts in my mouth.

it offends me that you did not trust me enough to tell me when it had occurred.

[conflictresolution]

I wasn't having doubts until it seemed to upset you. Have I not safe guarded our pact as best as possible?

I trust you more than you know. My actions are an oversight that won't be repeated.

[traumaticus]

if that is the case then pay no heed to the traps within your mind that try to lure you into self-doubt and shame. trust in me and in my choice to respect our pact. i chose you as my lover out of my own free will.