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[notyetlegend]

LOCKET/COMPASS: TEXT → VIDEO → AUDIO → ACTION

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[notyetlegend]

Aye, Hiccup. It makes me worry when I don't hear from them for a while, but I trust them to look after each other.

[As much as she bitched about them, they were still her friends. A pause and then]

If he comes back to you, do you still think that he doesn't want to be near you? This is war, but I don't doubt that neither hell nor high water would stop him from comin' back. You haven't lost him, you're always on his mind.

[athousandcurses]

I know that was true before, back home, but now...

[A sniffle, and she wipes her tears away, sounding a little less in tears.]

He barely returns before he goes again. It is as if he is driven by something. I have needed him since we came here, so much, but I am afraid of telling him so.

[notyetlegend]

Then tell him. Don't dance around an' beat at a dead horse!

[Mer no.]

Communication was what caused problems between me an' my mother, I know now. We didn't do it, just assumed th' other could read our thoughts. Tell him everythin' you just told me you feel.

[athousandcurses]

I have a little, but when does he stay long enough for me to say more? Other times it is neither the time nor the place. I think all it does is make him feel guilty...

[She sighs. It's a hard situation and she fears there is no other resolution.]

If I could keep up with him, maybe I could tell him.

[notyetlegend]

Th' worst you could do is turn him into a bear like I did mum.

[athousandcurses]

[There is a very long pause on Grainne's end while she stares at the locket. Finally, with a tiny sniff, she answers.]

Your turned your mum into a bear?

[Yes, she's surprised, but there is a teeny, tiny bit of humor.]

Gods above, girl, you should have gone for a wolfhound.

[notyetlegend]

[She laughs a little.]

I don't think I had much of a say in th' animal. Th' witch was a bit...er...fond of bears.

[She's glad that she managed to distract her a little though.]

I just wanted a spell to change mum's mind about th' marriage but I didn't specify that enough.

[athousandcurses]

Oh, Merida, I do not think there is any magic in the world that could change a person's mind lest it turn her into an unthinking shell.

[She sighs sadly, running a hand through a lock of hair.]

I hope all goes right for you.

[notyetlegend]

Aye, I know that now.

[How foolish she'd been. There's a small smile to her voice.]

Do you at least feel better now?

[athousandcurses]

[Did she feel better? After learning all she had from Merida, her feelings were confused at best, but better was definitely a relative thing.]

Aye. Thank you for talking with me. I have a lot of thinking to do.

[notyetlegend]

[Better is definitely a relative thing, though still she sighs a little.]

I'm glad I could help you, even if it was just talkin'.