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Constance
Remember when you mentioned briefly that you'd been in conference with some nobles?
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Remember when you mentioned briefly that you'd been in conference with some nobles?
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Constance
You sound as befuddled as I feel! These are events you set in motion, are they not?
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You sound as befuddled as I feel! These are events you set in motion, are they not?
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Yuri
All right, I'll tell you. So yeah, I might have been negotiating with some nobles. Maybe. Possibly.
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All right, I'll tell you. So yeah, I might have been negotiating with some nobles. Maybe. Possibly.
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Yuri
Pfft, of course I know that. I just did what I needed to get what I wanted. Like always.
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Pfft, of course I know that. I just did what I needed to get what I wanted. Like always.
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Yuri
All my life, I've known how to angle to get everything I've ever wanted. Money, social standing, the whole kit and caboodle.
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All my life, I've known how to angle to get everything I've ever wanted. Money, social standing, the whole kit and caboodle.
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Yuri
See, that's how the Savage Mockingbird lives. Ever since I was a kid, it's how I've done things.
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See, that's how the Savage Mockingbird lives. Ever since I was a kid, it's how I've done things.
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Constance
What does that have to do with— Wait! Are you admitting to being the Savage Mockingbird?!
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What does that have to do with— Wait! Are you admitting to being the Savage Mockingbird?!
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Yuri
Preened as this bird might be, his only home is a dark, wet back alley. As long as I'm me, nothing can change that.
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Preened as this bird might be, his only home is a dark, wet back alley. As long as I'm me, nothing can change that.
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Yuri
So I figured, if I could leave that "home" of mine and live simply as Yuri, even if only for a while...
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So I figured, if I could leave that "home" of mine and live simply as Yuri, even if only for a while...
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Yuri
You know, I might like somewhere proper to return to. Somewhere cozy. Comfy, even. Better than House Rowe, where last I leapt from.
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You know, I might like somewhere proper to return to. Somewhere cozy. Comfy, even. Better than House Rowe, where last I leapt from.
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Constance
I've always found you very useful. Though I could do with less—much less—of your backtalk.
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I've always found you very useful. Though I could do with less—much less—of your backtalk.
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Yuri
I suppose "milady" doesn't want a rogue for a husband. Hahaha, can't handle all that is Yuri, hm?
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I suppose "milady" doesn't want a rogue for a husband. Hahaha, can't handle all that is Yuri, hm?
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Constance
No, no. But there is a procedure to this sort of thing. How can you join my house when I have none?
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No, no. But there is a procedure to this sort of thing. How can you join my house when I have none?
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Yuri
Me? Mock? I'm being sincere. I'd never live out another dull day with you by my side.
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Me? Mock? I'm being sincere. I'd never live out another dull day with you by my side.