vatheon | 3rd - I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.

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3rd - I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.

Who: Matrim Cauthon and you!
Where: Inside the Nostalgia Nook
When: Morning to Afternoon
Style: [Action!]
Status: Open~!

[Today, Mat's decided to look through all the selections of longbows, and if what he's muttering is any clue, he isn't finding what he's looking for. Only really seeing all the bows on his right doesn't help any.]

Blood and ashes...Too short. And that one feels about to crack... [He reaches for a couple more, lifting them individually before putting them back with a grumble, leaning on his ashandarei a bit.]

Too light. And that one was too heavy. [He turns left to better see the selection, lifting another possible choice before putting it back with a sigh.]

This one's too tall. And all of these probably wouldn't have enough flaming range. [Bother him?]

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[He thinks for a moment, then shakes his head.]

I don't think her mother - the old Queen - did, even in private. [Before everyone thought she was killed. He's not even sure that she does swear now; Perrin didn't say. And why would he? It's not like that's important.

He laughs a bit more.]

Elayne's one of the few nobles I like. She's got her head screwed on straight, for an Aes Sedai Queen. [He hopes becoming Cairhien's Queen worked out for her. It'd be bad if it didn't, this close to Tarmon Gai'don...]

[That throws that theory under the bus. Kurow tips his head, thinking again, when the mention of Elayne and queens brings him back.]

You say that like most queens don't have their head on right. Or is that just for Aes-Se-Dai queens?

[His pronunciation is a little rigid; not fluent, certainly.]

[He thinks for a moment, tugging his scarf.]

I think most queens and most Aes Sedai don't. That's how they seem to me anyway.

[Tylin had seemed strange, even if he realized now that he did like her. Saying Aes Sedai rigidly doesn't even make him blink his eye. He wonders what would happen if someone said other Old Tongue words rigidly to him...Maybe he'd actually be able to tell. That wouldn't really help him explain what he said though...]

. . . well, all queens are related, right? I guess that'd explain the trend.

[Of course, he's taking Matrim's word for the women without contesting it. To Kurow, everyone is a stranger in this particular conversation.]

[He blinks.]

I don't think they're all related. I'm not sure the Borderlander royalty are related to the Altaran or the Andoran royalty.

[Tylin being related to Elayne...he gives a small shudder at the thought. Moiraine was nobility too, related to a king of Cairhien if he remembered right. He really hoped she wasn't related to Elayne or Tylin. Or Faile, since wasn't she the cousin of the Queen of Saldaea?

Not thinking about Queens being related sounds like a good idea...]

What about your world? You know any royalty or mages?

[Uh-buh? So many royalties?

Wherever Matrim is from, it sounds like a fairly sizable place to boast multiple rulers. Nippon, all things considered, is tiny; easily managed under one Queen, save the waters, which is reserved for another.

. . . and they're probably not related, either.]

Donno about mages, but I know a miko. Met a queen, once, too, but we parted ways fast. She didn't talk anything like yours.

[He didn't even mention all of them...He raises an eyebrow.]

A miko?

[He shrugs. He...might not be considered Andoran anymore, since he's married to the Seanchan Empress...huh. He should figure that out when he finally returns home. Wasn't that the first thing on his little list? "Talk to Tuon".]

I think Elayne might talk that way around me because I'm one of her [...they aren't actually married. RAND...] husband's best friends. I'm pretty sure she doesn't talk like that around everyone she meets in private.

[Keep your big fat list to yourself, young man.]

Yeah. Like, a priestess with holy powers.

[With that aside, Kurow bows his head, pondering this new piece of information. One of her husband's best friends, huh? A lofty social position.]

I guess that makes sense. They've got a public image to keep with their subjects. It'd be totally different with friends . . .

[He will. It's not like there's much on it...]

Oh. Holy powers meaning magic? [...he doesn't know what a priestess is, but that probably doesn't change what he wants to know. For all he knows, that's what he meant, though the powers didn't have to be holy.

He'd be happy if that was his entire social position. That'd mean no balls or anything like that where he'd have to be proper and have fancier outfits and different boots since he'd just be Rand's childhood friend from the tiny little village that didn't know it was part of a kingdom. Nevermind the fact that if Rand was still the Dragon Reborn, he'd still have to do all those things.]

Yeah. I don't really want to know how she talks when she's just with him. [Again, he thinks Elayne would have made a good serving girl if she hadn't been born the Daughter-Heir of Andor.]

[He considers the terminology, then nods, accepting it for what it's worth. In a place like Vatheon, it isn't as if there's a big gap.

Ah, the responsibilities that come with being friends with someone of such importance.]

Heh, you think they get all fluffy and say totally sweet things around each other? Stuff like, "you're sooo delicious!"

[ . . . that probably doesn't sound as amusing as it does in his head. Not necessarily funny, because that's the sort of thing he says, himself.]

[Well okay. He opens his mouth to say that's what he meant but then...

...sorry Kurow. That actually makes Mat laugh. A lot. Maybe it's because this is Rand and Elayne they're talking about. Or maybe because the mental image of anyone saying that would make him fall over in laughter.

So he doesn't manage to actually say anything, just laughing. Oh Light, what if they actually did say things like that to each other? If Rand was the one who said it...he'd say it to Aviendha and Min too--

. . . sorry Kurow, Mat's still laughing. Just the thought of Rand saying that to any of them makes him laugh. Elayne saying it might make him laugh harder...]

[Why is that so funny? Is it funny? Maybe he shouldn't mention that's his line from way back when.

Kurow looks off to the side -- the ground is awfully interesting -- sheepishly, scratching his cheek. Laughter is good, though, so he lets Matrim have it. After a moment, he looks back, straightening.]

You done?

[He'd been mostly leaning on the spear to keep upright when he was laughing his hardest, but he nods, adjusting his scarf.]

I think so. Light, I've heard things and seen things, but I can't imagine Rand or Elayne ever saying that.

[Without it being a line for a story...He's already seen Rand and Min without clothes on when he wasn't even in the same country. He doesn't want to know what Rand would be saying during things like that. He gives Kurow a sheepish smile, rubbing his hair under his hat. He hoped he hadn't accidentally made him feel bad.]

[No harm done, stranger. Simply embarrassment, or some feeling akin to it as Kurow shrugs again. Anything is possible with people; ridiculously cheesy lines included.]

Imagination and reality can be pretty different, dude. But you know them better than me.

[He really really hopes that isn't possible with people. That'd mean Leilwin/Egeanin could say that and...that'd make him laugh harder.]

I agree with you there, and really strange things have happened... [Like him getting married. But even if the Pattern made it happen, he wouldn't believe it unless he heard him say it himself. And he really wouldn't want to be there if it was between Rand and his women...]

Maybe I should ask Rand when he wakes up. [He'd have to explain, sure, but the look on Rand's face might be worth it.]

[Kurow's brows arch up. Is Matrim for real? After that burst of uncontrollable laughter over one line, maybe that isn't such a great idea.]

Dude, you're really gonna ask? You sure you're not going to laugh in the middle of it?

[He smiles. He's said plenty of things that get that same reaction out of people, so he can sorta guess what he's thinking. Not a good idea... or is he serious? Sometimes both. Sometimes just "he's an idiot," but...]

I might. His reaction would be worth it. I could always just write it down... [Yeah, he's actually thinking about it.]

["He's an idiot" is an entirely valid reason for anything.]

So you're gonna write it, hand it to him, then watch his reaction while he takes the time to read it? That's kinda overdone . . . But hey, if it works.

If I do it that way, I don't have to worry about forgetting about it if he's asleep for much longer.

[He really is thinking about doing that now. Very very seriously.]

If I leave it in his room, then sometime after he wakes up, he'll see it and then probably stare and then yell at me.

[Oh, that is true . . . ]

But will he answer it?

[This is clearly what matters most.]

Probably. [He shrugs.]

He might wonder why I'd ever ask that, but he'd probably still answer.

Sounds like a pretty cooperative guy. [A nod, then Kurow straightens, hands on his hips.] Dude, how'd we even talk about this in a weapons shop? I'm not holding you back from anything, am I?

[Rand kinda is...Even as a kid, from what Mat remembers. Mat blinks and looks around, then shrugs.]

I don't know. And you're not. I came here just to look for a bloody bow, and it doesn't seem like they have one that works for me. [Considering this is where he ended up after spinning in a circle and then starting to walk where he ended. Yes, he did double back a couple of times.]

It doesn't seem that way.

[And they did talk this out earlier, before they derailed into . . . homely matters. Kurow shakes his head, then hops around to prepare for departure. He looks over his shoulder.]

Next time, maybe you'll have more luck. As for me, I'm gonna check out some other merchandise not in this shop. See ya!

Maybe. [Maybe his luck won't work like it used to here...At least he hadn't heard the dice yet. The dice were never good. He raises the empty hand in a wave.]

See you around.

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