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Post by Lisa on Feb 22, 2010 14:29:37 GMT 10
Title: Said in Confidence Rating: PG Length: 225 words Competitor: Buri Round/Fight: 1/E Summary: Thayet turns to someone who knows Kel better, to find some reassurance.
“Jon insists that Keladry dislikes him,” Thayet said with a sigh.
“He should go with the feeling.”
The queen looked at her long-time friend and companion. “Has she told you as much?”
“Why would she tell me?” Buri asked with the kind of scowl Thayet hadn’t seen since they were traveling from Sarain so many years before.
“Every time she’s at the palace I see you in the practice yards with her.”
“Yes, and at the indoor courts with you and the Yamani ladies.”
“She’s probably a bit more hesitant to confide in the queen.”
“She’s not fond of him,” she offered. “It’s not a matter of hating him, from what she’s said to me – she’s planning on swearing fealty, after all. But she’s an idealist, and sees everything that’s wrong with the nation.”
“Does she know how hard he tries to fix all these things?”
Buri shrugged. “I don’t know if she’s cared to ponder this, and it wasn’t my place to tell her. You know, it can’t help that he put her on probation.”
“That damned probation,” Thayet growled. “I told him not to give Lord Wyldon his way.”
Buri laughed. “And what would Lady Vivenne think, to hear you talk? I thought you adored her.”
“Adoring a woman does not automatically assume that one would adore her husband.”
“Tell me about it.”
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Feb 22, 2010 14:35:35 GMT 10
And this is why I love Buri!
Also, is that some Thayet/Vivenne subtext!? Please write this, post-Smackdown!
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Post by Lisa on Feb 22, 2010 14:37:15 GMT 10
Hee-heeee! I think Vivenne/Thayet is *definitely* something I could write, post-Smackdown. Thanks!
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Post by greenie on Feb 22, 2010 19:39:54 GMT 10
Ooh, seconding the Vivenne/Thayet after SMACKDOWN! Great fic!
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Post by Lisa on Feb 22, 2010 23:21:43 GMT 10
Thanks!!
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Post by Kit on Feb 23, 2010 13:53:11 GMT 10
Ah! It's strange, but in later books, it is easy to forget that Buri and Thayet really are such friends--and would have talks like this. I love it. I'd quote back favourite bits and would end up reposting the whole thing.
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Post by Lisa on Feb 23, 2010 14:02:03 GMT 10
Aww, thank you so much, kit!!! The Thayet/Buri friendship is one of my favorites, because I see Buri being very much like Raoul in that she'll growl at the queen and hate what she does, but still defend her and love her.
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