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Sep 12, 2009 11:23

The final battle doesn't last long. The Swoop's guards carry the day with the considerable help of the King's Own, the angry villagers, X-23, the Lioness and the rest of her strange friends. Wounded and dying men are carefully lifted out from under downed Stormwings and carried inside. Prisoners are quickly put under guard. Warriors and ( Read more... )

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pirate_jack September 12 2009, 16:35:06 UTC

"Alanna," he counters. There's a darkness in the black eyes as he swings away from the battlefield to face her, but his grin is as sharp as ever.

"Seems like your lot's won, aye?"

a_lioness September 13 2009, 01:10:46 UTC

"Aye," she answers, lifting her chin. "It seems we have."

There's no joy in it, only a grim and frustrated relief. Lives were lost, enemies were captured and tempers were stoked. This won't be the last of it, not by any stretch of the imagination. It's true they are safe for now; even as she tries to content herself with that, Alanna frowns at the sounds and scents of the battle's aftermath and wonders how she ever could have thought there would be glory in this.

Slowly, she turns tired, bloodshot eyes on Jack and says, "I'm sorry."

Alanna's friends could count the number of times she's outright apologized on one hand.

pirate_jack September 13 2009, 02:06:15 UTC

He looks startled for a second, but doesn't pretend not to know what she's talking about.

Jack gives an elaborate shrug, even as his glance flicks toward the cove and back again.

"Wasn't you who summoned it, luv."

A beat.

"Likely you'll have a devil of a time getting rid of it now, though."

a_lioness September 13 2009, 02:56:42 UTC

No, it wasn't; Alanna acknowledges that with a nod and decides there's no sense in trying to justify Daine's actions to Jack, especially when the girl's magic has turned her inside out on more than one occasion. However, it was her decision to let the kraken continue its destruction without interference from X. As much as she cares for Jack, her oath to king and country will always and ever come first.

She won't apologize for that.

"Actually, that's why I came to find you."

She inhales and chews on her lower lip.

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