[ he's still idly playing with the book, as if he's sort of hoping opening it and closing it again will change the ending. ]
Before things started going wrong. I was not a frog again. Elody and I were in love. The kingdom was happy. [ ... ] I think maybe the truth is that all of that wasn't exactly something real either. Just brighter. Cleaner. It's like this book, too. It seems so simple on the face, but all you have are those few sentences. I don't think they tell the whole thing.
[she looks down at the book, tucking her hair behind her ear.]
There's always more to a story. [she says, a little softer, and - there's a little bit of something like sadness, far away, locked up where she can't touch it.] Do you think it's better when it's cleaner? Or is it better when you know every part of it? Good and bad.
Cleaner was easier, of course. But I think it made it too easy. I-- when I became a Prince again, I thought, this is it. The thing that was supposed to happen and I did it. So I no longer had to try.
So if you're putting all of yourself into a few short words, you're going to fall short as well. [ thinking. ] Maybe something happened, while they were journeying the snowfield. With the the fox and the turtle. Or they had always planned to do something to the Princess. She had to protect herself somehow.
... In the end, what she did saved the wolf. [she says, after a moment.] Maybe something happened to justify the death of the fox and the turtle, or maybe it didn't. But she did save the wolf, who did nothing but find himself the victim of a curse, and I wonder if that changes things.
Yes. I'm learning that just because it's easier or more direct doesn't mean it's right. [which is real annoying, let her tell you.] ... But Nahri told me that nobody expects me to be perfect. So I think you're right.
[a beat.]
Even if I disagree with some of the "right" things.
I don't want to confuse your morality education but I feel that hitting Rang with a shovel occasionally isn't the worst thing to do. He's got a hard head, he'll recover.
[ he will. dig down the front of his shirt for a moment. Apparently he was planning ....... to steal ...... but it is a copy of, of course, The Frog Prince. ]
They just had this. Laying around! For anyone. Do they know how powerful this is?!
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What did you mean by times and shadow and all?
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[ he's still idly playing with the book, as if he's sort of hoping opening it and closing it again will change the ending. ]
Before things started going wrong. I was not a frog again. Elody and I were in love. The kingdom was happy. [ ... ] I think maybe the truth is that all of that wasn't exactly something real either. Just brighter. Cleaner. It's like this book, too. It seems so simple on the face, but all you have are those few sentences. I don't think they tell the whole thing.
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There's always more to a story. [she says, a little softer, and - there's a little bit of something like sadness, far away, locked up where she can't touch it.] Do you think it's better when it's cleaner? Or is it better when you know every part of it? Good and bad.
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So if you're putting all of yourself into a few short words, you're going to fall short as well. [ thinking. ] Maybe something happened, while they were journeying the snowfield. With the the fox and the turtle. Or they had always planned to do something to the Princess. She had to protect herself somehow.
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... In the end, what she did saved the wolf. [she says, after a moment.] Maybe something happened to justify the death of the fox and the turtle, or maybe it didn't. But she did save the wolf, who did nothing but find himself the victim of a curse, and I wonder if that changes things.
[she exhales slow.]
Morality is complicated.
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It is. It really is! [ i guess good thing the frog prince isn't a morality story. or is it. ] You can only really do the best you can in the moment?
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Yes. I'm learning that just because it's easier or more direct doesn't mean it's right. [which is real annoying, let her tell you.] ... But Nahri told me that nobody expects me to be perfect. So I think you're right.
[a beat.]
Even if I disagree with some of the "right" things.
[nyeh!!!]
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I agree with you. Which is why I hit him anyway. [...] Don't tell Nahri.
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[ help ]
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... What were you looking for when you came in?
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[ he will. dig down the front of his shirt for a moment. Apparently he was planning ....... to steal ...... but it is a copy of, of course, The Frog Prince. ]
They just had this. Laying around! For anyone. Do they know how powerful this is?!
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[a five star catalyst...]