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dear_mun2015-09-30 02:46 pm
franklymydear) wrote in dear_mun2015-09-30 02:46 pm
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canon: house of cards
[This face. Vigorously disapproving and utterly unyielding.]
I suppose you think you're clever.
I suppose you think you're clever.
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Ex wife? And you say I have a great deal in common with her? Hmm...I can't decide if you're complimenting me or not.
[But she smiles and gives a charming little laugh to show she's kidding. At least a little.]
Kings can be foolhardy in their power. They reach too high oftentimes, get too greedy and then fall straight to the gallows.
[She tilts a brow, intrigued.]
You think so? Do tell...
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Only in your confidence, cleverness, and desire to not be...controlled. Unless I am mistaken.
[Perhaps that would be enough to circumnavigate further similarities between any of them.]
Destructive personal relationships are ill-suited to those with ambitious agendas. Out with the old, in with the new. Sometimes, the best way to start over is with new alliances. In your case, being free of the fatal inconvenience of being disposed.
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Am I that easy to read then? But you're quite right, of course. But I suspect that happens rather often.
[Her fingers instinctively brush over her neck, almost uneasily. Though she's not too happy about giving away weaknesses.]
Indeed...and in your case?
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[That said, there's no judgment, really. He rather likes the ones like her, sprinkled about the history of mankind.]
Oh, just the pleasure of a charming and cultured woman, less aware of my past mistakes and considerably less inclined to loath me.
[Yet.]
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[Not that she'd refuse further compliments.]
You think if I knew your history I'd be less inclined to call your company...
[She pauses, considering all the adjectives at her disposal, keeping him on his toes until she finally makes her choice.]
...enjoyable? You might find that I'm more suited to politics and finding out secrets than one might think.
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[There is a bit of a smile, though, as the term was not intended as an insult.]
I've no doubt you would learn it all, soon enough. But there is hope that, as one not personally involved, you may not simmer with scorn and disapproval as much as those personally affected. I cannot say if you would object or see it all as a series of necessities laced with personal shortcomings that can be ...amended. I like to think the better of us can rise above our flaws.
[There is a moment before he casts the darker look off of his face, and tilts his head in something close to amusement.]
Do all of your meetings with foreign dignitaries play out like this?
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[Never again.]
I understand better than most that oftentimes, for the bigger picture, certain things do need to be done. Though I will say that the one thing I refuse to put on the line is my dignity.
[She smiles right back and tilts her head almost playfully.]
I've yet to encounter a dignitary so interesting as you, Frank.
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[Unless you screw up your own reputation. Then you can go down with the ship, while I take the last lifeboat. I'm not making the mistake of trying to keep two people above the water again.]
Well, that's mighty kind of you to say. I fear I should have warned you sooner that those same southern gentleman I was just referring to are highly susceptible to charm an flattery.
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[Not that she intends to give you control of her dignity, sir.]
Now, now, don't go giving away points of yours that I could use to my advantage, Frank. But then again, charm is the essence of a Boleyn woman.