Edmund's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

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Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

[ Time to go. He steps in cautiously. ]

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

[ The decor is very general 1940s, but there is no one else on this train with you. All the seats for you. ]

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

[ ... sits, then. hands folded in his lap awkwardly. he turns so that he can see out the window too. ]

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

[ Out the windows are cloudy skies. But when the clouds move, you can see crows and ravens. Rows and rows of them, shifting restlessly, but all of them staring at you. ]

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

[ Those ravens sure don't look friendly. His hand drifts back to where his shield should be. ]

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

[ One raven cocks a head thoughtfully, leaning close to a crow that soon takes off and flies off to the left and away. ]

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

[ ... staring back at the raven then ]

I don't suppose you can talk?

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

[ The raven flies in through the window and settles at the armrest of the opposite chair. ]

[ In a throaty voice. ]

Are you worried?

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

[ jolts a bit at that ]

I - uh - of course I am.

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

[ She chuckles. ]

Good. Then you are not foolish.

[ She ruffles her feathers and settles to preen. ]

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

... What happened back there? It felt like ...

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

What did it feel like?

[ preen preen ]

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

Dying.

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

[ She hums and continues preening. ]

I would not say you were incorrect.

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

... But it's not the complete truth?

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

Who knows?

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

Edmund, I hope.

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

Perhaps, perhaps not. Does it make a difference to you?

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

Of course it does. He's my friend.

[ hesitates ]

Maybe my best friend so far.

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

[ The raven lifts her head, eyeing him with more than curiosity, though her tone is still light and nonchalant. ]

Is a dead son of man truly dead if they yet breathe and have not rotted?

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

... No. But it's still possible that they died.

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

Hmmm. Perhaps.

[ She finishes preening, fluffing out, then resettles. ]

Where is your destination? To the beginning? Or perhaps the Cair?

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

[ ... offers his hand to her ]

I'm looking for a way to help him recover faster.

Re: ENGLAND

[dramatispersonae]

You could easily do that from the outside, but that is not what you mean.

Re: ENGLAND

[senior_citizen]

No. I'd like to do both.