What a Difference a Year Makes

Re: What a Difference a Year Makes

Postby Elfling » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:44 am

But. That one, single little word. It brought her attention back to him, sharp like the knives that she had taught him how to wield. That she'd given him.

"No, Elliot," she corrected. "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing correctly and completely." Honestly, she was more irritated that he'd blundered through it than that he'd attempted it. She wanted him to attempt things. Some of her best memories had been creeping through noble houses and outsmarting their traps for little more than mere baubles. Her house was full of them. Jeweled carvings of animals. Some of them were expensive. But some of them, Elliot had discovered, were just colored glass.

"Only you decide if it's worth it. But if it's worth it, it's worth taking your time to make sure you succeed. Do you understand the difference?"
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Re: What a Difference a Year Makes

Postby Glenn » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:53 am

It was strange. She had been so.. not gentle, but permissive with him, allowing. Up until tonight. It was strange that he still had expected a sudden violence there and then. Why? Not as a statement upon her, but because he had felt he deserved it. That was the impact her action of tonight wrought. If she goes months, even after her pregnancy was done with, without striking him or punishing him so, obviously what he did warranted it in a way he hadn't as of yet. It was a lesson that was instantly ingrained deep. Her restraint allowed her a very powerful tool.

So when it did not come he just nodded. He understood. "No more thinking like a knight." He finally mumbled out.
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Re: What a Difference a Year Makes

Postby Elfling » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:04 am

"Because you are not a Knight." Solena agreed. Then, she crouched just a little and offered him a tiny smile. "Shall we continue our chase? You still haven't caught me, and you told me you would." Perhaps she'd even allow him to catch her, this time. His ego was wounded; she would need to boost it once more so that he didn't end up feeling completely beat down by her disapproval. Her dear, spoiled little rogueling.
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Re: What a Difference a Year Makes

Postby Glenn » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:10 am

A more clever boy would explain how he specifically got in trouble just so she'd lead him out here and turned and choked him so that he technically 'caught' her. This is not Elliot Brown. There was a change in their dynamic tonight. At the beginning he had been cocky, headstrong; he took liberties, so secure was he of his growing role with her. Now, however, there was just a driven dutiful nod. Then, finally, softly. "I'll give you three second's head start."
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Re: What a Difference a Year Makes

Postby Elfling » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:15 am

Three seconds. She only needed two. There was no warning. Just the abrupt shimmer of sunlight as she disappeared, even the foot or so away from him. There was the shift of the roof's surface as she stepped, forcing him to pay attention. To follow her. He knew, now. From here on out, things would only get more difficult. More deadly. Even with the shifted dynamic, he was still very much her student, and Solena would be damned if she allowed him to get hurt because she failed in teaching him something. No more coddling.
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