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notyourpawn

Arms Hotel, Room 618, Monday Afternoon

Jun 27, 2011 15:50

Alice sat cross-legged on the floor, shuffling cards together and dealing out another hand of Patience. Alice wasn't very good at Patience; she got bored and cheated. One could turn that into whatever metaphor one liked ( Read more... )

jono, expecting, lynx, failing at maternal instincts, leto, house atreides, kate, less victorian all the time, ghanima

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atreideslioness June 27 2011, 20:19:13 UTC

"Alice." There was the rustling of skirts as Ghanima rearranged her robes to sit down beside her guest. "That is not going to help."

notyourpawn June 27 2011, 20:28:28 UTC

Alice sighed and put the Ace of Clubs back into the deck. "I was only trying to shorten the game," she said, dealing out three cards and looking for a black seven that could host a red six.

atreideslioness June 27 2011, 20:51:20 UTC

"And cheat yourself of the experience? That wouldn't be worthy of you," she said mildly, holding her hand out for the deck of cards. "There are no futures in these cards, dear one."

notyourpawn June 27 2011, 21:03:27 UTC

Alice swept the cards together, haphazardly, and offered the topsy-turvy deck to Ghanima. Some of the cards were face-up, and some had their corners peeking out.

"I wasn't fortune-telling," she said. "I've never wanted to know the future. If it's good, it'll ruin the surprise, and if it's bad, I'll dread it."

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