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Post by Sir Galahad on Oct 28, 2011 14:08:39 GMT
Galahad frowned again, this time at her. "I am a Christian, my lady. You would do well to remember that." he told her stiffly.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Oct 28, 2011 18:07:54 GMT
Morgause laughed a ltitle. Her laughter was more boisterous than that of her sister.
"I know that. Does it matter? Are Christian men made differently?"
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Post by Sir Galahad on Oct 29, 2011 0:20:39 GMT
"Christian men have morals." Galahad informed her arrogantly.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Oct 29, 2011 0:34:45 GMT
Morgause smiled coldly and moved away.
"Morals and a cold bed," she told him. "How fortunate. Do you not get lonely with only your dead God to keep you company at night?"
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Post by Sir Galahad on Oct 29, 2011 0:44:18 GMT
"Insult me as much as you like, my lady." Galahad said through gritted teeth. "It clearly amuses you do do so. Do you think your brother would be impressed were he to learn you amuse yourself by courting his knights and then mocking the few noble ones who refuse your advances?" He narrowly resisted the urge to say more, although his face clearly revealed his irritation.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Oct 29, 2011 0:48:46 GMT
Morgause eyed Galahad with definite dislike.
"My brother will do me no harm. He needs me to do what he wishes so he will not stop me from doing what I want," she declared.
There was arrogance in her tune; she was supremely confident in her ability to do what she likes without reprieve.
"You might have the courtesy to humour me, as your king's own sister."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Oct 29, 2011 0:55:19 GMT
Half sister thought Galahad but instead replied. "You know as well as I that if you want humoring you need look no farther than my fellow knights." He flicked his head towards a group of them with distaste. "Which means that you have come here to mock me, and my values. I will not stop you, my lady, but do not expect me to enjoy this treatment."
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Post by Sir Marrok & Versipellis on Oct 29, 2011 2:34:32 GMT
Ser Marrok entered quietly. After bowing to his King, he took his place nearby his side. He leaned closer to Merlin.
"I am not comfortable inviting more women to court. Women are always plotting, Merlin, I can tell you that much," he sighed.
"The sisters were more than enough," Sir Marrok said somberly after a moment, staring at the flow of people entering the Throne Room.
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Post by Merlin Emrys on Oct 29, 2011 3:48:44 GMT
Merlin chuckled softly at Marrok's comment.
"I have traveled far in my time and can honestly say that women plot no more than men. Men just do so with their blades while women accomplish what they can with their wiles. If women are known as the more adept plotters, it is simply because men are more susceptible to women's charms than women are susceptible to a man's blade.
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Post by Sir Marrok & Versipellis on Oct 29, 2011 5:25:02 GMT
Sir Marrok frowned. "As you say, Merlin. I still do not trust these women," he said, his eyes drifting from one to the next. "Swords I can deal with; though the wiles of woman are like arrows. I do my best to stay out of the way."
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Post by Merlin Emrys on Oct 29, 2011 8:01:54 GMT
"As the bodyguard of our good king, you're job is essentially to trust no one. I would have it no other way. If you truly are immune to the traps set by both men and women, then I believe you will do the station proud." Merlin replied, careful to avoid the lecturing tone he once used with Arthur.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Oct 29, 2011 11:40:33 GMT
Half sister thought Galahad but instead replied. "You know as well as I that if you want humoring you need look no farther than my fellow knights." He flicked his head towards a group of them with distaste. "Which means that you have come here to mock me, and my values. I will not stop you, my lady, but do not expect me to enjoy this treatment." "Oh, I did not mock you," she said, adopting an expression of contrition that was only partly successful. "I simply thought that you are handsome and I hoped you might appreciate a little conversation. I had not realised that you are as much priest as knight. I am sorry. I am not used to being denied."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Oct 29, 2011 16:56:11 GMT
"I am not opposed to conversation." Galahad replied. "I was merely opposed to the implications of this one. More a priest than a knight you say? Perhaps I am, yet I am not sure you know what makes a knight. It is not the title ahead of his name, but rather his conduct that makes him one. Take Sir Marrok, for example. The man is cursed as a werewolf, yet even with his curse he manages to behave in a way becoming of a knight." Galahad spoke of one of the only knights he had any degree of respect for.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Oct 29, 2011 17:24:47 GMT
"I suppose he does," Morgause sighed. "And yet...a knight must be a warrior. My father believed that a knight's ability to fight for his lord was more important than his conduct. But Father believed that strength of arms was everything. This business of a knight's conduct, that is different. I know my brother wishes to reform the ways of knighthood but it seems strange to me."
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Post by Sir Galahad on Oct 29, 2011 18:32:15 GMT
Galahad shook his head. "I respectfully disagree, my lady. A knight's conduct is far more important than his martial prowess. A knight represents his lord, and whenever he disgraces himself, he disgraces his lord in doing so. A knight may be as skilled a fighter as any, but if he cannot behave in a decent fashion, and ends up offending a foreign king, then his martial prowess will be of little import, for surely he is not worth more than a entire army."
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