─ one hundred & thirty-five

[amiable]

[ allen-kun & elektra ]

Can I ask you a quick question?


[ galadriel ]

I know we talked about lunch together, but is it okay if it's a dinner instead?


[ cair paradisa?! ]

I forgot to say it after Christmas and... I'm not sure if castles can talk or even hear this... but um, thank you. For lots of things.

Er...

[ OH GOD, SHE'S TALKING TO THE CASTLE AGAIN. SHUTTING JOURNAL... ]


[ zeke tyler & nancy downs ]

[ Several false starts before she crosses this out entirely. She said she wouldn't bother them anymore, gah!! Damn you, curiosity. ]

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[amiable]

I didn't know a lot about them, anyway. I've only had to deal with them a few times.

[inafadingcrown]

I suppose you would not. [Uru hardly seems the crime fighting type.] I am not a member of the group, myself, but I am considered an ally, I believe.

[amiable]

When we had more criminals around, sometimes they needed help knowing who those people were. [ She pokes at her rice now. ] Is the Peace Patrol still around anymore?

[inafadingcrown]

It is. [It's rather in a shambles from what she's seen, but that's neither here not there.] Did you have such knowledge, Uru? [And...what sort of trouble did you get into to know the local criminals if so?]

[amiable]

[ Her cheeks are tinted red now. ]

Yesorta...

[inafadingcrown]

[She will do Uru the favor of looking at her plate now, giving the girl time to compose herself.]

You did not come to harm, I hope?

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[amiable]

[ It's always so awkward to talk about this. Actually, awkward isn't even the word to describe it properly. ]

Well, you see--

[amiable]

[ Okay, she relaxes a lot more. Recounting isn't as bad as it used to be, it just saddens her that Harvey wanted to change and the castle sent him back before any more progress could be made. ]

He was from my friends' world. Harvey Dent... and Two-Face.

[inafadingcrown]

I cannot, then, fault you for involving yourself. I would have done much the same. [And has and is doing the same. She's a meddler by nature.]

[amiable]

[ When she thinks about it, she wonders if it was inevitable -- her involvement. She's really close to Damian and Steph, after all. ]

Harvey really wasn't as bad as everyone would say. Two-Face was the one who tried to hurt people.

[inafadingcrown]

I have been told something of the case. [By Rin. A long time ago.]

[amiable]

You were? [ She perks up now. ] What did they say?

[inafadingcrown]

Much the same as you- that Harvey was, in some ways, a victim himself.

[amiable]

[ And she nods now. ]

He used to be a lawyer in his world.

[inafadingcrown]

[Give her a second to remember what that entails.]

Very few are born to Darkness. It is rarely so simple.

[amiable]

He was going to change, though. He wanted to be a better person again.

[ A beat. ]

He did try to save me.

[inafadingcrown]

As I said, such things are rarely simple. I do not doubt his sincerity.

[amiable]

[ Another pause. ]

I'm glad that someone else believes it.

[ People don't easily forgive here. :( ]

[inafadingcrown]

[Forgiveness is a tricky thing. It's not her place to forgive him anything- she's not one of his victims.]

The desire is not the same as the ability to do so, however. I do not know enough to make a judgement on that.

[amiable]

You're probably one of the few who does that. [ Everyone else is really eager to judge? Sometimes. :( ]

[inafadingcrown]

Does what, dear one? Reserve my judgement? The wise speak only of what they know.