crystal.

[byblow]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Alistair
RECIPIENT: All y'all
WHAT: Innocent and totally random question
WHEN: Now
NOTES: Threadjacking is cool, kiss kiss.

What's a reasonable amount of time to stay angry with someone?

[ There is a fairly obvious difference between Alistair's I have a serious question voice and I am trying to cause trouble voice, for those who know him, but in this case his tone falls somewhere between the two. ]

Obviously it depends on what they've done to make you angry, so let's talk about the full range. How long can I stay angry with someone for borrowing my sword without permission before I'm unreasonable?

Or what if they left everyone I cared about to die?

Just for discussion's sake.

Comments

[limier]

It is one thing to hold anger, it is another to hold the sword.

[ are you planning to stab anyone, dude ]

[byblow]

You're right, those are two different things. A third thing is holding hands, and a fourth is holding peace talks—

[ So mark him down as a "maybe" for the stabbing? ]

the joke is that was his adolescence

[limier]

[ how did you survive adolescence let alone the fifth blight ]

Ah, what is that my hand is doing now — ?

[ go on and guess ]

laughs then cries then laughs again

[byblow]

Making half a heart, waiting for me to come make the other half?

[ He was too cute to kill, that's how. ]

I'm not going to kill anyone. That moment passed a long time ago.

[limier]

[ sssssssiiiigh ]

See that you do not maim either. I have yet to hear of conscription rights twice-invoked.

[byblow]

First time for everything, isn't there? But if the urge gets uncontrollable I'll let you know if advance, in case you'd like to heroically intervene.

[limier]

That was not your purpose in this? To alert us all?

[ what was his purpose. she's seen little of the man, but he handled those circumstances capably, and his work with cousland is well-documented. to say nothing of putting himself out there for gwenaelle —

alistair isn't someone she thinks of frequently, or deeply, or with any particular interest. but there's some regard in that: the idea that generally he can walk about without choking on the air or tripping over a line on the ground.

so it's peculiar to see him manage it now. ]