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Overconfident or not, he sounds like he has...[And she searches for a satisfactory word.] Panache.
I wonder how we could apply that here in Asgard. Make ourselves a little more than--than mere pawns in the gods' game of chess. [As nice as some aspects of life in the city are, the encroaching giants aren't exactly pleasant.]
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I dunno, about that. There seem to be lots of people questioning them, but I don't know if it goes farther than that. I wouldn't want to participate in the war, at all, but that's easier said than done when the giants are knocking at our door.
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But I think we're doing alright, all the same.
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[Evy falls quiet then, crumbling off a bit of her scone without actually eating it. When she speaks once more, she's graver.] Thank you for coming by today. I really do appreciate it.
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Anytime. It's the least I can do, really.
This place... it puts us in danger we shouldn't have to be in, and then leaves us to deal with the consequences, of that. I think it takes a great deal of spirit, or courage, or whatever you'd like to call it, to keep going after that.
So, what I mean to say is... ( he trails off, almost flustered, before continuing: ) I think you're very brave, Evelyn. And though I can't really do much to help you, with this, if there's anything you do need I trust you'll let me know.
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[She glances down again at her tea, a sort of of demureness that mostly serves to give her a moment to collect her thoughts. The thought of discussing it, discussing her feelings on it, still leaves her feeling sick, but at the same time...part of her wants to try.]
It's...it's maddening, really, all of it. I never minded being here before now, not really. But if I could go home--right now--I would. [She sighs.] I never thought dying would make me homesick. [And jumpy, and listless, and inclined to buy matches, or better yet, electric torches with batteries.] But it seems it has.
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there's a reason the system of death here is so alarming to him, an he could almost think of it as some kind of scolding. but he doesn't voice those thoughts now. ) You're still here, though. In more ways than one. And even if we'd be better off all at home, I'm glad this place works the way it does, this time.
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[She might have the uneasy feeling of camaraderie with Imhotep, but she's hardly a shambling corpse--and she'd like to keep it that way, thank you. One thing for which to be grateful to the gods of Asgard.]
There was a--a saying, I suppose you'd say, or perhaps an admonition--that I ran across at home. 'Death is only the beginning.' It ended up being true there...but it's truer here. Mere mortality doesn't stop any of us. [Evy can't bring herself to smile at the thought, but there is a sort of cold comfort to it.] It's only a matter of getting used to it.
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Guess it's just one more rule we've got to shove out the airlock.
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'Airlock'?
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...if the airlock opens when you're not connected to something else, you get sucked into space.
( he's had nightmares about that, probably. )
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[What a horrid way to go. She couldn't blame anyone for having nightmares about that.]
Well, it makes quite the vivid metaphor.
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My father was a doctor. So I spent the better part of my life saying I'd do anything else. ( he shakes his head, at himself. ) And then I ended up realizing there was nothing I'd rather do.
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Were you always planning on going that route?
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Well, when I was a little girl, I was convinced they might need me in Oz, so I oughtn't make too many plans for the future. [Evelyn Carnahan, secret heir to Ozma's throne.] But after a point...I suppose I always wanted to have reason to return to Egypt.
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That, or you end up in a fairy land like this one.
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Maybe. I'm just a bit set in my ways-- still think I'm gonna wake up in my own universe when I go to sleep every night.
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( he smiles wanly, thinking about the magic he's started experimenting with. it works, and he can't fault it, but it's still uncomfortable. )
The company's helped, I think.
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