i know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam

[thespaceopera]

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Comments

[norwaysown]

Everyone has a breaking point, but there's no point in setting it too low.

[servantnotserving]

Perhaps it is sometimes a little too high.

[norwaysown]

I refused to follow my commanding officer's orders and fired on his ship, before betraying his plans to the people he was going to attack.

If I hadn't, millions of civilians would have died.

I think my loyalty is well-calibrated.

[servantnotserving]

I doubt that was an easy decision to make, and I do not know what I would have done in your situation. [Probably nothing. He couldn't betray Adam, not for anything. Not ever. But then again, Beast as he was, the boy wouldn't have been a danger to innocent people. He wasn't that far gone. ] It is...admirable.

[norwaysown]

[ ...That wasn't what she was expecting, and Signy's quiet for a moment. ]

Everyone on Norway would have been dead a long time ago if I couldn't handle it.

[servantnotserving]

Then they are fortunate to have you as their captain. And I am sure we will be too, when the need arises.

[He's sure it's a WHEN, rather than an IF. After that cannon the Marsiva fired, it's clear Atroma are more than ready for a fight if it comes to it. ]

[norwaysown]

[ That does earn him a smile. ]

Thank you. That's what I want, to do my best by everyone.

[servantnotserving]

[A smile!!! He'll cherish it forever. ]

Of that, I have no doubt! I have the utmost faith in you, mon capitaine. And you should smile more, it's very pretty.

[norwaysown]

Have to say, being pretty's not my top concern.

[servantnotserving]

It is not something to be concerned with, it is something you are. You cannot help it. It is natural, no?

[norwaysown]

Mm, not entirely, actually.

[ Though beauty had hardly been the goal. ]

[servantnotserving]

No? You do not think you are naturally beautiful? Really?

[norwaysown]

[ Hah. ]

I think I'm naturally forty-nine, and I know I don't look it.

[servantnotserving]

[He gives a shrug at that- or as close to one as he can manage. ]

And I have spent a decade as an un-ageing candelabra. I should, technically be around forty five? God knows what I'll look like when I get my body back. Probably still the same as I was when I was cursed.

[See, he knows this feeling, Signy. He knoooooows. ]

It does not make you any less beautiful, however- even if you did look it.

[norwaysown]

[ She gives him a bit of a look. ]

I would say there's nothing natural about how you look either.

[servantnotserving]

Yes, well. These things are beyond our control, no?

[norwaysown]

I mean, I could have aged if I wanted. Would have been dead sooner, which isn't something I'm looking to embrace.

[servantnotserving]

You could? Well, no one would blame you if you wanted to prolong your life. You have an important mission, after all- a crew to watch out for.

[norwaysown]

Sometimes I wonder about you, Lumière.

[ But she won't say what she wonders. ]

[servantnotserving]

[He's gonna ask, because of course he is. ]

And what is it exactly that you wonder about me, ma râleuse?

[norwaysown]

You seem a mix of wanting to defy me for its own sake and then trying to comfort me.

[servantnotserving]

[He seems to consider this for a moment, before nodding slowly. ]

Yes. That just about sums me up. A little harmless rebellion never hurt anyone- but I have not intention to actually upset you. Then, it would not be fun, no?

[norwaysown]

It leaves me not sure of how you'll react.

[ When she needs him. ]

[servantnotserving]

If you should actually need of me, I promise you my loyalty is without question.

[norwaysown]

There's an important corollary. Who decides that I actually need you, you or me?