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Who: Noric and Xavier
Where: ramshackle rustic house near the Lacerta border of Lepus
When: Year 185, late spring (and onwards)
What: married life

[In the kitchen, Noric shouts through the door into the next room.]

Xavier, either you move this pile of books from where they are, or they will tragically find themselves knocked into the fire.

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Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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I'm here to see you.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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That's cruel.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[a flash of hurt stabs through him.]

Ah. My mistake, then.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[winces, as the feeling hits him]

[quietly] Are you ever coming back?

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Funny, I thought I just did.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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No, you're not. This is just a stop.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Yes. Yes, I'll come back. But Xavier, it's not going to be the way it was before. I thought you understood that, when I told you I was going to become Ophiuchus.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[runs a hand through his hair, sorting out his feelings]

Yes, of course. Obviously, you weren't going to stay here. I'm not that stupid. It's just...

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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...this is still my home. I'll come back, whenever I'm able. But I pledged myself to the gods and I will do my duty, wherever it takes me.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[relaxes a bit]

Your home?

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Of course.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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You've never said that before.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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I didn't think I had to.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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I was never sure.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Even after ten years?

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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It was convenient for you. I never fooled myself into thinking otherwise.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Instead, you convinced yourself I didn't care that much.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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You never really belonged here.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Neither did you.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Nonsense. I couldn't go anywhere else.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[stays silent, watching him.]

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[wrings his hands]

No. I couldn't leave.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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I know.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[he's quiet now]

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Would you rather I go?