[Without evidence, she was forced to possibly conceed that much. That maybe her magic hadn't been used. Maybe. The fact that she'd refused a blood sample all those years ago and instead offer snippets of hair did help. She wasn't Samson, after all. Her magic shouldn't have been in her hair.]
[Still...]
I want you to destroy the sample I gave you. And anything you might have made from it since.
But I want to hear it from you, first. What exactly are you up to, and why?
[Her tone was laced with both suspicion and...an underlying desire to want to offer the benefit of the doubt. Because of events past, and memories that made it hard to accept the truth before her, even now.]
Then you get why basically everything you say and do is kind of under suspicion right now.
Look, Milyn...we have a history together, and it wasn't all bad. I haven't forgotten the fact that you took care of us while we were away in Dreaming, and maybe that's why I'm not a lot more pissed than I probably could be. I'm trying to give you a chance to either explain yourself or prove that maybe...just maybe...there's a reason we should still trust you.
No, I don't understand that part, actually! I've helped the Foreigners since you've arrived, I've tried to make things easier for you all. I did all I could to help you fight Malicant, and take care of you in the aftermath. How are those things under suspicion?
[ Despite the light tone, she does seem a little distressed by that idea. ]
No, I worked with Daseng, who happens to lead them, because I studied under Daseng when I was younger and he's a brilliant alchemist. That's entirely different.
Okay, one? Not starting an all out war with doesn't equal obeying. Not by a long shot.
Two, they're not even close to being the same thing, and you know it. You're making excuses now, and I"ll be honest? It's really not helping your case any.
Well, lots of people around here are kind of idiots sometimes.
[...which, again, wasn't to say that she wasn't leaning towards agreeing with them.]
Then again...I gave you a chance to explain yourself, so you can't say I didn't give you a fair shot, and right now I'm kind of inclined to side with them.
That's pretty rude, to judge someone by a thing they did quite a while ago! I recall a certain magical mishap that turned things upside down and caused a lot of trouble, you know. Wouldn't it be unfair to judge everything you've done since by that?
[Okay so maybe there was a small bit of hypocrisy in there. Teeny bit.]
That was an accident. And, the way I recall it--since I was there, and all--is that some people did get pissed at me, even though I told them I didn't meant to and spent that whole week trying to fix it.
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Date: 2016-03-20 07:17 pm (UTC)[Still...]
I want you to destroy the sample I gave you. And anything you might have made from it since.
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Date: 2016-03-21 01:10 pm (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-21 11:47 pm (UTC)Define "helpful".
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Date: 2016-03-21 11:56 pm (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-21 11:58 pm (UTC)But I want to hear it from you, first. What exactly are you up to, and why?
[Her tone was laced with both suspicion and...an underlying desire to want to offer the benefit of the doubt. Because of events past, and memories that made it hard to accept the truth before her, even now.]
Re: video
Date: 2016-03-22 12:02 am (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-22 12:07 am (UTC)[Eventually, she sighed to the point where her shoulders slumped.]
Do you know why I'm asking you?
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Date: 2016-03-22 12:09 am (UTC)Re: video
Date: 2016-03-22 12:12 am (UTC)Then you get why basically everything you say and do is kind of under suspicion right now.
Look, Milyn...we have a history together, and it wasn't all bad. I haven't forgotten the fact that you took care of us while we were away in Dreaming, and maybe that's why I'm not a lot more pissed than I probably could be. I'm trying to give you a chance to either explain yourself or prove that maybe...just maybe...there's a reason we should still trust you.
Re: video
Date: 2016-03-22 12:20 am (UTC)[ Despite the light tone, she does seem a little distressed by that idea. ]
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Date: 2016-03-22 12:24 am (UTC)Stop me if you've heard these names before.
[And she held up a finger for each one:]
The Cultists. Dust. Lucid. Malicant.
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Date: 2016-03-22 12:31 am (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-22 12:36 am (UTC)[But that wasn't her point. Not entirely.]
And you helped him. Them.
Re: video
Date: 2016-03-22 12:39 am (UTC)I never helped Malicant. I wanted him gone just as much as anyone.
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Date: 2016-03-22 12:48 am (UTC)And you just said yourself that they "go together"
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Date: 2016-03-22 12:53 am (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-22 12:59 am (UTC)You can't work for him and be claiming to help us. That's called being a Double Agent. A lot of people are going to see that as a betrayal.
[She refrained from indicating whether or not she was one of them.]
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Date: 2016-03-22 01:02 am (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-22 01:05 am (UTC)Two, they're not even close to being the same thing, and you know it. You're making excuses now, and I"ll be honest? It's really not helping your case any.
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Date: 2016-03-22 10:50 am (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-23 12:44 am (UTC)If I'd already completely made up my mind from the start, I wouldn't have bothered to contact you with questions, would I?
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Date: 2016-03-25 12:30 am (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-25 01:34 am (UTC)[...which, again, wasn't to say that she wasn't leaning towards agreeing with them.]
Then again...I gave you a chance to explain yourself, so you can't say I didn't give you a fair shot, and right now I'm kind of inclined to side with them.
Re: video
Date: 2016-03-25 01:41 am (UTC)video
Date: 2016-03-25 02:14 am (UTC)[Okay so maybe there was a small bit of hypocrisy in there. Teeny bit.]
That was an accident. And, the way I recall it--since I was there, and all--is that some people did get pissed at me, even though I told them I didn't meant to and spent that whole week trying to fix it.
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