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[disfavour]

[ This isn't going to be sweet but it will be short, courtesy of your resident Prince Not-So Charming. ]

There are now three flets, which pass as treehouses, in the gardens. These are homes and if anyone is seen nearing them to gain access, they will be shot on sight. I assure you, an arrow is far more difficult to extract than a bullet. [ #EXPERIENCE, urgh. ] Additionally, you will find the Elven quotient aboard the ship is now officially in charge of garden-based security.

That means we need not apologise if your actions force us to maim you.

[ Can you hear someone sharpening a knife? Humming? Sounds a lot like Legolas in the background, right? Someone pissed off the Space Elves. ]

Thranduil is indisposed and has appointed myself in his stead. If you have any concerns which fail to be entirely moronic in nature, you may bring them to me.

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[skjalf]

[ well hey now, that wasn't nice of them. she might surprise him by agreeing. ]

How would this even be a problem for anyone? Have your people not been residing within the gardens for some time, in any case?

I do not know if it is even that, truth be told. None were covetous until this announcement was made.

[ she will add this, in an effort to calm him: ]

Talk is sometimes just that. So long as it does not translate into action.

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[disfavour]

Yes, they slept on the grass and in the wilds of the garden, with no walls or roof to speak of. They cannot live in the cells provided when there is green nearby, you understand. It would be akin to a hand around their throat, choking them.

[ Liking her more and more by the minute, tbh. ]

These were made my hand, but I do not consider them mine. I gave them to those who wished to retire for a time, my sister included.

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[skjalf]

I do understand. I confess I do not care for those tiny rooms, either. And there was no fuss about them living here before.

Truth be told, I cannot blame you for taking such a threat, even an idle one seriously.

[ kings can't afford not to. she won't touch on the way his original announcement could be construed as threatening innocents. others have already done so. and still, she can't blame wishing to defend one's people. ]

It is a wonderful thought, and I like them very much. Were my siblings here, I would defend them as fiercely.

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[disfavour]

[ He remains in silence for a short time, a weighted pause where he considers her words. ]

I have been callous to you in the past, impatient and dismissive in my discourtesy. For those faults I own and have shown to you unlooked-for, I apologise now.

[ Somewhere in the distance, a sun implodes without warning. Probably. ]

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[skjalf]

[ her surprise shows in the slight widening of her eyes. but her features are quick to soften. ]

There is more to you than might be seen at first glance. I also apologize for the outcome of our first meeting.

I accept your apology, and am grateful for it.

[ she feels safe knowing he's around, as odd as that might sound. ]

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[disfavour]

[ Somehow the most sincere conversation during this whole broadcast, holy wow. As much as he loathes 95% of the ship's humans, there is a small quotient he considers his own. The Starks, Gendry, and now Nuala's newest addition in Elizabeth. ]

I assure you, what is seen of me at first glance is quite honest.

[ It usually isn't pleasant, is the thing. ]

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[skjalf]

[ perhaps it is helping that she has decided to stop holding others at arm's length, at his sister's suggestion. because the woman has a point, and she is glad to do it if it means she can get along better with others.

especially him, since his sister is such a dear friend of hers now. she smiles, and the warmth reaches her eyes. ]

I am aware. But as is what is not readily apparent. I feel safer knowing we are so well-defended here.

[ she will never complain about the pleasantness of this conversation. ]