tibetanmethod: (i'll see you again in twenty-five years)
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He'd suggested a game of chess.

Their cups -- tea and coffee -- sit by the pieces they've taken. Moiraine has more. Cooper's mind isn't really on the game.

Date: 2009-05-31 03:57 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (dark eyes aes sedai)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
"You seem distracted," she observes, albeit gently. Dark eyes are trained on his face as she studies him.

Date: 2009-05-31 04:08 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (headtilt)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
Moiraine allows herself a faint smile.

"Perhaps."

Date: 2009-05-31 04:15 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (dark eyes aes sedai)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
She does not reach for her own piece, not at first.

"Dale?"

Her focus is on him now, not the game.

"Would you wish to speak of whatever it is that is on your mind?"

Date: 2009-05-31 04:30 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (what did you say?)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
Dark eyes widen as Moiraine stares at him in shock.

"You-- Dale-- what?"

Date: 2009-05-31 04:44 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (what did you say?)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
"But why?"

How could she possibly have missed this, she wonders; has she been so self-absorbed as all that?

Date: 2009-05-31 05:15 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (sidewise observant)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
"It is, yes."

The move she makes is one with somewhat less thought given to it than usual. Moiraine sets her piece down and returns her attention to him.

"Why now? You have mentioned nothing at all of this, before."

Date: 2009-06-10 02:58 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (ash and snow)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
Silence descends like a blanket; she says nothing at first, but merely watches him.


Eventually, and very quietly, the Aes Sedai says,

"I find it difficult to believe that even a 'good applicant pool' has many who would approach your level of skill, Dale."

Date: 2009-06-10 03:11 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (ash and snow)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
"I know," she replies, but does not reach for a piece.

"Which case would this have been?"

Or rather, why is he bringing it up now?

Date: 2009-06-10 03:31 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (downcast glance with falling hair)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
"... I see. Or at least, I believe that I may," she says, after some moments' deliberation.

A pause.

"Although if you wish to explain further, I would not object."

Some things are too important to run the risk of error where it may be avoided.

Date: 2009-06-10 03:48 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (ash and snow)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
"I do not think it is hubris," Moiraine replies, softly. "And I would not disagree that Twin Peaks is fortunate to have you."


"But I would not wish to see you unhappy, either, if there were another way."

Date: 2009-06-10 03:59 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (ash and snow)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
"Is it," she murmurs. "I see."

Date: 2009-06-10 04:07 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (sidewise observant)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
She studies the board in silence for several seconds, or appears to, at least.

Abruptly,

"It is done, then? There is no going back?"

Date: 2009-06-10 04:35 am (UTC)
blue_ajah: (snow in tar valon)
From: [personal profile] blue_ajah
Moiraine nods, once, and says nothing.

After a moment, she reaches to move her knight.

The fine tremor in her fingers as she does so is almost unnoticeable.

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