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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 8:25:33 GMT -5
"I haven't forgotten your roots, Genghis."
*Emile looked at him keenly.*
"Do you feel as if you have?"
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Post by Genghis Khan on Feb 11, 2008 8:33:55 GMT -5
*Genghis frowned. It was harder to be open with her when she...well...was a he.*
"Perhaps. On occasion."
*He shrugged.*
"It is of little consequence."
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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 8:38:54 GMT -5
"How can you say that? ...it's everything that you are." *his voice was mildly shocked.*
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Post by Genghis Khan on Feb 11, 2008 8:42:33 GMT -5
*Genghis bristled, his defenses lifting.*
"I see that your additional genitalia has done little to make you less fickle. It was you that told me to adapt, to modernize."
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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 8:44:37 GMT -5
"Oh, so now this is about me? I have opinions, but I didn't MAKE you do anything. And I never meant for you to forget your history or discount it completely. History would--there would be a gap. I shouldn't have--I'm not supposed to change the past..."
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Post by Genghis Khan on Feb 11, 2008 8:51:04 GMT -5
Perhaps you should have considered that before you made me fall in l--
*Genghis forced the thought away with a scowl.*
"Who says that you have? Perhaps I might still end up as terrible a man as the day you met me."
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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 8:54:01 GMT -5
"You will, do not worry," *said Emile flatly.* "The history of your life has already been written. Perhaps mine has, as well. And we cannot change our ultimate fates."
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Post by Genghis Khan on Feb 11, 2008 8:56:54 GMT -5
*Genghis's eyes suddenly softened in curiosity.*
"You know? Your own fate?"
*He shook his head.*
"It seems a terrible burden."
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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 9:12:25 GMT -5
"I don't know mine...but I know that there is someone who does. And I know the fates of others, I think."
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Post by Genghis Khan on Feb 11, 2008 9:25:48 GMT -5
*Genghis frowned, but sat beside him. It must be hard, to know such things. He still didn't understand the true nature of her powers.*
"But even the illusion of free-will...there must be hope that you can do as you would please."
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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 9:34:20 GMT -5
*Emile shut his eyes with a sigh and shook his head.*
"Not to sound too Buddhist or anything, but...everything's an illusion."
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Post by Genghis Khan on Feb 11, 2008 9:38:06 GMT -5
*Genghis let out a sharp laugh of disbelief.*
"I never expected you to be one to surrender so easily."
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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 9:42:09 GMT -5
"I pick my battles, Genghis. This is one I know I can't win."
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Post by Genghis Khan on Feb 11, 2008 9:51:38 GMT -5
*He raised a stern brow.*
"Then what will you do? Until the end?"
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Post by Emily on Feb 11, 2008 9:55:16 GMT -5
"Of my time?"
*He shrugged.*
"As little to upset the balance of destiny as possible. I shouldn't really be here at all. I was born into a vastly different time and place...by rights I should have stayed there."
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