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Date Posted: 17:06:36 01/26/03 Sun
Author: Ziraga
Subject: Parry and thrust
In reply to: Frozen Dreams 's message, "-[let the bargain begin" on 14:52:54 01/26/03 Sun

This conversation struck him as something of a duel- who shall draw first blood? It is clear to the ivory-maned leader that Frozen Dreams was trying rather hard, while pretending not to. He tosses those selfsame stark white locks in a gesture of uncaring defiance. "My herd are as well-represented as I make them. Malussinn listens whenever I feel like talking, your future highness," He adds the last without the slightest tint of malice, but it is his very subservience that bears the daggers of sardonic cruelty. He responds in turn to each of the ambitious, arrogant stallion's comments, parrying every thrust with brutal honesty. "I am well aware that I have of late been something of an absent leader, but that was for private reasons of my own; I had some business to attend to in other sections. How do I know your word is good? I do not know you from the next horse, whereas I have seen time and time again that Malussinn is honest and keeps his promises whenever he chooses to make them." Impassive green eyes blink lightly at the other, a male who seemed like a rather less subtle version of himself; Frozen Dreams seems a snide creature, much taken with himself and willing to idly dismiss the mare who is 'destined' to rule by his side. Your show of derision is not precisely admirable, he muses. You clearly have a sense of humor, but it is a rather poor one.

Nothing but sheer amusement comes across as the deceptive Russian Arabian utters a harsh whicker of laughter. "Don't you see, Frozen Dreams, that I did not become King because I wanted to change the world? No, it was because I wanted to prove I could. Because I wanted to stir things up. And because, this is the biggest one, because I felt like it. Whereas you, with all your sinister speeches and boastful rhetoric, strike me as a pointless politician, far more talk than action. Malussinn knows about your schemes, and understandably enough he does not seem in the least bit frightened.

No, Frozen Dreams. You can take your talk of mutiny elsewhere. I will stay with the King I once ousted, if only because he's halfway worthy of my respect, unlike yourself. When your so-called new order comes around, feel free to laugh in my face, but for the minute... kindly depart from my home." A single, elegantly chiselled hindnail is raised in a concisely eloquent warning; don't relax too much.

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