xxiii. dictated

[heloise]

Spike
He came home.

What terrible months we have seen, before even the dog days arrive!

I say we put an end to it, at once. The Castle drinks our joys as greedily as it feeds on our sorrows; we might show it that happiness is what we seek. Happiness beyond bound, which we would gladly offer as payment for our borrowed time, and no more tears.

Summer brings music and merriment to the streets of Rome, gypsies and pilgrims alike dancing together. We can do similarly here.

Comments

Dictated

[heloise]

Love. [ Because one way or another, losing is a certainty. She's a hypocrite for preaching thus, however. ]

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

Then I find it funny that you're encouraging me to find love again, Lady.

Dictated

[heloise]

[ She laughs, but it's hollow. ]

You should be more fortunate in such matters than I.

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss is quiet for a moment - she knows acting happy when one isn't - before she answers truthfully.]

Maybe you should be a little easier on yourself, when it comes to matters of the heart.

Dictated

[heloise]

[ Truthfully indeed. Lucrezia knows the girl's intentions are anything but malicious, but it certainly seems so, when it hurts. ]

You know nothing. I never blamed myself for my misfortune. [ Perhaps on her name; Borgia. On her brothers. Her family. Herself by extension because in the end it is she who loves the very one she shouldn't, not in that way. ]

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

I never claimed that I did. Just seems like it.

[She shrugs, and there's an uncomfortable edge to it as she retreats back into herself.] Sorry.

Dictated

[heloise]

[ She inhales gingerly, ragged. That may have been out of line. ]

There is one whom I love. Perhaps you will find your own.

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

Maybe. Anyways, I should go. Good luck with your happy.

[She retreated back into her silence.]

Dictated

[heloise]

And to yours.