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[ Gwen is sewing.

There is so much time to fill these days that she takes these projects, uses them to pass her hours and keep her mind occupied with simple things rather than her worries and lord knows she has plenty.

In her lap, a dress is laid, more of a gown of silks in shades of royal blue and lighter blue. It is an impressive piece, one she is working on for many weeks on from the look of her fingers, she had poked herself with the needle more than once.

Still she works, sewing what looks like a golden embodiment on the edges.

Beside her is a cup of tea and actually, it's not the gown she wants to talk about. ]

It's rather brilliant.

[ she takes the cup, sips her tea. ]

Are they really tea-leaves? I have never heard of any leaves that can make something so wonderful. In Camelot we only have water and if you're fortunate you have milk.

[ and ale and mead and wine, but Gwen never tried those. ]

N-not that I mind the milk and the water. Or Camelot, really, I miss it quite often but -

[ she's doing it again isn't she? the babbling. She stops, smiles. ]

It is rather brilliant. Where can one find those...tea leaves? Where do they grow?

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Also the first ta be so beautiful, I'd bet.

Me? I'm always alright. Know how ta take care a' myself, that way.

Always?

[ now it's her time to jest. ]

Even kings and princes sometimes have a bad day.

They get the worst a' it, maybe. All that responsibility. Couldn't pay me ta do what they do.

It does look like quite a lot, but it also means food on the table every evening and lovely gowns.

[ alright fine maybe, despite her protests, Gwen really was always a bit jealous of Morgana. ]

Not that I envy them, I am rather happy with my place.

Oui. Prince need a lot a' gowns, don't they?

_{( He laughs. )}

Always nice, ta be content with what you've got. I never mastered that one.

[ she laughs. ]

You know what I meant.

[ but she nods her head, a smile settling on her lips. ]

I don't have much in Camelot, but I know people who have less and so I am happy with even the little that is mine.

That's a good way ta look at it. But the more y'got, the harder it is ta see things that way.

To be quite honest, if I were to return to Camelot, I would be the happiest soul. But I do wish I could take the laundry machine with me, that would make me all the happier.

_{( Now he laughs again, but in a friendly way. )}

Y'should see if you can't manage. I bet it'd cause a stir, back home.

[ she nods, laughing herself. ]

I think everyone would think it to be magic.

A little magic every now an' again makes life interestin'.

Not in Camelot, I fear. It is outlawed, magic. I suppose perhaps I'll be better to leave everything here.

...huh. No magic in Camelot? _{( That sounds... odd. Didn't they have Merlin? )}

The king had outlawed it. If there is magic, it is hidden.

[ and she doesn't know what to think of it. This is what took Morgana from them, this hate. ]

That seems like a great way ta solve that problem. _{( Very sardonic, there. )}

[ she cringes. Morgana would like him, certainly. And Gwen, Gwen knew it was all wrong. Gwen lost her father to this madness and she can't even bring herself to be as mad as Uther as others expect of her. ]

It's been like this since I can remember. But Arthur is different, the prince. When he is king, I know things will be better.

_{( His face softens, at that. He hadn't meant to upset her. He blinks, and holds his eyes closed for a moment--effectively hiding his only overtly non-human feature--and then smiles, softer than before. )}

I'm sure it'll be alright. Your world's got people like you in it, right? So you'll be fine.

Mine, though, we're a mess. Had problems with people who're different for generations, an' we still can't get it together.

Different? Does your world also have people with magic in it?

Than, an' some other things. More than one way ta be special.

[ do you have magic, she wants to ask but doesn't dare to. Instead she bites her lip (a terrible habit) and asks: ]

Are they treated better there? Those with magic?

Ah, now that very much d'pends.

Magic's... a way ta have power. Some people wit' power use it for good, an' are celebrated for it. Others use it for evil, an' so people know them as evil.

But some unlucky saps use it for good, but people can't see that. So it really all d'pends on how you spin it.

Some people use it for good?

[ then there is hope. if Arthur could one day see magic the way Remy describes it - ]

I hope my Camelot will one day be like your world, then.

Well, yeah. Lots a' people.

_{( He considers that statement, then chuckles. )}

Careful what you wish for.

Why? It sounds better, at least for those with magic -

Not all a' them. An' then they do stupid things like fight amongst themselves, so they make their own problems.

People are people, are people. Wit' or without powers.

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