Twenty-One: Revelations in the Bear Empire
Oct. 5th, 2018 02:57 pmFirst: Running in the Bear Empire
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Deline wished for some sort of storm, some intrusion - even a beast or another bounty hunter. If she closed her eyes and tried, if she prayed her hardest, would a Bear show up from The Bear?
It was unlikely. She took a few breaths and smiled at Carrone, although she thought the smile was as shaky as she felt.
Damnit, why did this matter? He’d already tried to kill her. He’d already saved her life. He already hated her for using magery. And she already wasn’t all that fond of him for trying to kill her, along with everything else.
“I haven’t lied yet,” she told him slowly. “My name is Deline.”
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Previous: Surprises in the Bear Empire
🐻
Deline wished for some sort of storm, some intrusion - even a beast or another bounty hunter. If she closed her eyes and tried, if she prayed her hardest, would a Bear show up from The Bear?
It was unlikely. She took a few breaths and smiled at Carrone, although she thought the smile was as shaky as she felt.
Damnit, why did this matter? He’d already tried to kill her. He’d already saved her life. He already hated her for using magery. And she already wasn’t all that fond of him for trying to kill her, along with everything else.
“I haven’t lied yet,” she told him slowly. “My name is Deline.”
read on…
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Date: 2018-10-07 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-10-07 11:47 pm (UTC)Hrrm! I had not actually thought of that! But there are definitely parallels.
I’ll have to tell Husband Person that you like the goats. They were his idea :-)
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Date: 2018-10-08 07:14 am (UTC)Goats make almost everything more entertaining. :)
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Date: 2018-10-09 12:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-10-10 07:06 am (UTC)Compare with, say, Daxton&Esha, or Arisse&Chress. Or Rodegard. Fewer of those elements, and the instantiations are less similar.
If we remember we can do a C&C when they're both done. :)
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Date: 2018-10-26 12:56 am (UTC)I have a feeling she's not terribly fond of being married to the Emperor.
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Date: 2018-11-15 04:25 pm (UTC)