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 Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:13 pm
*Melliandra nods and gives her an encouraging smile* ...well then, I have a little experience. What would you like to know?
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:22 pm
I . . . *she begins, then pauses, puzzling over where or how to start.*
I . . . that is . . . I mean . . . I have before, I . . I was married . . we had a son together *she tries to explain, but it's hard for her to even make it through a sentence* But . . . things with my husband were . . . different . . *at that, she looks guilty as well as embarrassed, but she presses on anyways*
And now, with Bard . . I . . . he . . the things he . . . *her blush deepens* But I just . . . I didna know what te do . . ! And now . . . now I fear I might have disappointed him . . .. *she finishes, her shoulders slumping*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:30 pm
Maggie... *Melliandra reaches out and takes Maggie's hand in her own. She gives it a gentle squeeze* I know this must make you feel so uncomfortable. You've never really talked to anyone about this sort of thing have you?
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:33 pm
*Maggie looks at her, surprised and more than a little grateful for her understanding. She'd been half expecting Mell to just laugh at her. She shakes her head* Nay . . . not really.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:44 pm
*Melliandra gives Maggie's hand another squeeze* When I was a little girl... oh, twelve, thirteen, my sisters and I would stay up talking about the men we were going to marry... did you have any sisters like that?
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:47 pm
*Maggie smiles softly at that, and she nods* Aye, my sister Kate and I would often do much the same.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:59 pm
*Melliandra gives her a sisterly smile.* My oldest sister, Lysinda, she was about to be married. She's been engaged for four years, but she'd never seen the man she was supposed to marry. We used to talk for hours about him. Was he young? old? tall? short? fat? skinny?
*Melliandra sighs, peering off into the distant past* When she met him, I think she was disappointed. It's never quite as we imagine it, is it?
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:11 pm
*Maggie considers that for a moment, before replying softly* Nay, I suppose it canna be . . .
*but conscience prompts her to her late husband's defense* He was a good man though, my husband. I was more fortunate than many . . .
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:28 pm
*Melliandra watches Maggie for a moment, before saying* I'm sure if your husband were here, now he would be grateful to hear that.
*she leans toward Maggie with a look of utmost confidentiality* ... but he isn't here, and you don't have to defend him. Tell me what you really thought of him. He was... disappointing at times, wasn't he?
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:35 pm
*Maggie frowns and looks down at her hands* Our marriage was . . . perhaps not all I'd hoped, *she admits, hesitantly, and then adds, sort of sadly* But . . . I daresay I'm as much at fault for that as he was.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:59 pm
*Melliandra pats her hand, then leans back in her seat* We all make mistakes. I'm sure you both tried your best.
*she smiles faintly* But you really are more fortunate than most, you know. And I'm not just talking about your late husband.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:05 pm
*Maggie looks over to her at that* Oh . . . with Bard, ye mean . . *she glances down, her cheeks turning pink again, but not in embarrassment this time.* Aye, very . . . *she agrees, smiling softly*
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:19 pm
I would wager there's not one man like him anywhere in your time. *she says* certainly, there are none in mine. *she grins impishly* I am tempted to steal him from you.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:24 pm
Oh, heavens . . *Maggie laughs nervously, aware that she's teasing, but a little unnerved by the idea of having this woman as competition, regardless* I daresay I'd not stand a chance if ye did. *she says, only half-joking herself*
Ye're right, though . . . he is unlike anyone I have e'er known . . . .
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:37 pm
*Melliandra leans closer again* What do you like the most about him?
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