04/voice

[flightlessbird]

We have found the— [ A pause, and quieter, to the side: "What is the word?" A heavy sigh from further off, which sounds kinda like Loki. "It is vandal." ] —Vandals! Who ruined things. We found them, even though Roslyn would not help.

I have named them stump for hands, because stump means not to have a hand. [ she sounds so pleased with her own cleverness. ]

If anyone needs to find and punish someone, then you should ask Loki. He is very good at it.

[ And in the back again, from Loki: ] But not without a price.

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[flightlessbird]

[ Artika looks up from her netbook, blinking JUST SO INNOCENTLY. ]

I told you.

[boughtabookstore]

Did you actually go cut off some man's hands because he threw a little furniture around?

[ Looking pretty pissed to be honest, and she's not shouting by dint of her voice being ice cold. ]

Do either of you have any sense of perspective?

[withouthumanity]

My sense of perspective is very different from your own, I can assure you.

[ wow. rood. He takes a breath, and straightens up in his chair. ]

I did not cut them off; they were removed with harmless magic.

[flightlessbird]

[ and Artika just kinda squints at Ros ]

What is perspective?

[ because this is a great time for vocab lessons, right? ]

[boughtabookstore]

Because the method of removal makes such a different. You took a man's hands!

[ Artika Ros cannot be calm about this this is kind of a huge deal. ]

What I'm saying, Artika, is that you don't ruin someone's life because they inconvenienced you a little.

[withouthumanity]

I took a thief and a vagrant's hands. The fate of him, and his hands, are of no concern to you.

( Loki tosses a cursory glance at Artika; then turns his attention back to Roslyn with an expression of overt impatience. )

would you like to finish up their end of the argument?

[boughtabookstore]

It doesn't matter what he was. You crippled him permanently, removed any way for him to make amends for his behavior.

You've committed a far greater crime than he did.

SURE THING c:

[withouthumanity]

Now, now. I did not ever say that it was permanent—so quick to judge, all of you. ( He tuts once, and raises his brows; then lifts himself from his seat to begin quietly pacing 'round the table as he speaks. His eyes don't leave her, however. )

He will have his hands again. Once he deserves them.

AW YES :D

[boughtabookstore]

Most people can't take off hands and then restore them.

[ Wow that's not... vaguely unsettling at all she's locking her bedroom door after this. ]

And who decides whether he deserves them?

[withouthumanity]

It is not my decision, if that is the source of your concern.

( Loki takes a few seconds to decide whether or not he's going to elaborate. In that time, he stops meandering about and stays still, though with his head tilted to one side. )

It is the nature of the spell. Once he is over his fear, of course.

[boughtabookstore]

My source of concern is you taking justice into your own hands so violently.

[ Standing her ground, chin up. ]

That there is a chance for him to regain his hands only lessens the problems with what you did slightly.

[withouthumanity]

All with your notions of human justice—it's very endearing, in a sort of frustrating way.

—is that so?

[boughtabookstore]

Endearing.

Do you genuinely see nothing wrong with what you did?