11-16-2019, 07:57 AM
Ilma
One night I will be the moon
hanging over you
One night I will be a star
follow where you are
hanging over you
One night I will be a star
follow where you are
It would be a surprise, she knew - well, not that it isn’t in the line of Ilma’s previous behaviour, but perhaps the Comtesse could find a few reasons for them to rather be neutral than allies or friends. But Ilma lives for alliances and friendship - when Castile had once asked her what she wanted, truly needed, she’d known she wanted a family. A big one, inclusive of all Beqanna residents. And still, siblings fought and not all family members might agree with one another. But they would know they were tied, and that hurting one family members would deeply hurt the others too.
That’s the kind of ideal world Ilma envisioned when asked what she wanted. Of course, she knows that this can’t ever work for all of Beqanna. Sometimes, only a formal agreement or even agreeing to disagree was the most peace anyone could muster.
Ilma would at least try, and she could not skip Lepis no matter what she thought of her in years prior. She was a diplomat, and that meant being able to talk to everyone, even if they disagreed.
Why now is a more appropriate question, but she knows why. ”Several reasons. The most important one is that I’ve received a gift with which I see glimpses of the future. In the past, that meant I saw a war coming with nothing to do to stop it.” Lepis knows exactly which war: she knows it very well, so Ilma does not give her details of what she saw and what could have happened - how several timelines still ended with the same result: powerless watching.
That’s why no-one heard from her in that time, and only a handful of horses now knew why.
”Presently, I see important decisions coming. The outcomes become more predictable, the closer someone is to deciding.” Ilma looks at Lepis now. ”Which is why I believe that you might want to talk to an outsider rather than the people whose answers you can already predict.” She won’t need precognition to know their answers; sometimes it is best to ramble your own thoughts to a stranger to come to your own conclusion.
She doesn’t mention how a friendship with a seer could be useful in the position of queen; the white mare knows that the pegasus before her will see that for herself. But Ilma is not offering herself to be allied with Lepis or any kingdom. The simple fact is that she doesn’t offer it as exclusive, as she had already told Lepis upon arriving: as such, there are no ulterior motives to be found, and perhaps that makes accepting the offered friendship easier.
That’s the kind of ideal world Ilma envisioned when asked what she wanted. Of course, she knows that this can’t ever work for all of Beqanna. Sometimes, only a formal agreement or even agreeing to disagree was the most peace anyone could muster.
Ilma would at least try, and she could not skip Lepis no matter what she thought of her in years prior. She was a diplomat, and that meant being able to talk to everyone, even if they disagreed.
Why now is a more appropriate question, but she knows why. ”Several reasons. The most important one is that I’ve received a gift with which I see glimpses of the future. In the past, that meant I saw a war coming with nothing to do to stop it.” Lepis knows exactly which war: she knows it very well, so Ilma does not give her details of what she saw and what could have happened - how several timelines still ended with the same result: powerless watching.
That’s why no-one heard from her in that time, and only a handful of horses now knew why.
”Presently, I see important decisions coming. The outcomes become more predictable, the closer someone is to deciding.” Ilma looks at Lepis now. ”Which is why I believe that you might want to talk to an outsider rather than the people whose answers you can already predict.” She won’t need precognition to know their answers; sometimes it is best to ramble your own thoughts to a stranger to come to your own conclusion.
She doesn’t mention how a friendship with a seer could be useful in the position of queen; the white mare knows that the pegasus before her will see that for herself. But Ilma is not offering herself to be allied with Lepis or any kingdom. The simple fact is that she doesn’t offer it as exclusive, as she had already told Lepis upon arriving: as such, there are no ulterior motives to be found, and perhaps that makes accepting the offered friendship easier.
Hurry, the sun is waking
Darling, don't leave me waiting
Darling, don't leave me waiting
@[Lepis]
Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this: men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.
Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time