(no subject)

[blue_ajah]

As the air parts, she simply appears near her preferred table. Moiraine is carrying an anthology of poetry again this evening, and has a small notebook as well.

The Aes Sedai settles at her table and opens her books, with an idle glance around the bar.

[Summary: Elaine brings tea at Dream's request and is convinced to take a short break, in which she and Moiraine discuss Elaine's family and background, with great canon similarity identified, and then move into feminism and finally discussion of their worlds. Morpheus appears, and Moiraine thanks him for his consideration, and then they are simply cute together for a while. Later, she and Roland discuss Cort's arrival and whether or not Roland should tell him things about the future; at some point later, Peter Pevensie asks her to Heal Caspian (although the healing is rejected in Caspian's thread). Afterwards, she returns to her table and is joined by Bran, who discusses poetry with her-- and is stunned by a plotty revelation. Meg drops by and tells Moiraine that she'll be joining the ranks-of-pseudo-immortal-mortals after her own death, and this is still under discussion, as the thread is slowtimed. Finally, Nita Callahan introduces herself and asks for help with a problem that concerns Asmodean, which immediately gets Moiraine's full attention... (Say it with me, folks: slowtimed.)]

Comments

[blue_ajah]

"How long have you been struggling with this, Nita?"

The Aes Sedai is studying her carefully.

[nita_callahan]

"Since. . . since pretty soon after I was Bound, I think. Two months, maybe two and a half."

[blue_ajah]

"A long time." A pause. "I presume you have spoken with him about this, during that time?"

[nita_callahan]

"A couple times, recently. We. . . didn't figure it out until recently." She blushes slightly.

[blue_ajah]

Dark eyes are intent upon her, and she does not miss the blush.

"If this sort of situation were to be unlike anything in your prior experience, I do not find that difficult to believe, that you might not know."

A pause. "How much do you know about me, Nita?"

[nita_callahan]

"Not a lot," she admits. "I -- I know a little through the link, like that you're an Aes Sedai, and I know you healed one of my friends, Tony Almeida -- but not much past that."

[blue_ajah]

"I am Aes Sedai, yes." Serenely. "Asmodean is Forsaken."

Another pause, and she tilts her head, studying the younger woman carefully.

"Whatever the Dark One wishes, I oppose."

[nita_callahan]

She smiles slightly. "Then dai'stiho, cousin. Sounds like we've got something in common."

The smile fades as she says, "But Asmodean. . . He joined the Shadow, I know, and he did -- horrible things -- but he saved me." She shakes her head. "Sorry. I see where you're coming from. It's just -- I think he saved my life, maybe my soul, and it's hard for me to reconcile that with one of the Forsaken."

[blue_ajah]

"I would not deny that he might have done so," she says calmly. "There are even several reasons why he might have acted so; things are rarely as simple as one might wish for them to be."

"But the fact remains that he is the same man who had it within him to turn to the Shadow in the first place, and you now know that as well as or better than anyone else here."

[nita_callahan]

She nods. "I understand."

[blue_ajah]

"I hope that you do." Moiraine tilts her head, looking at Nita, and when she speaks again, her tone is serene.

"I will do more, if I can, once more is known. There must be a way to resolve things for you more completely."

[nita_callahan]

She nods. "Thank you. I'll come to you if we figure anything more out."