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[imperceptus]

do you suppose it is ever truly possible to escape the circumstances of your birth?
to escape destiny?

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[ex_jelmazmo599]

One can be familiar with all the above and still make their own path to follow: I have. If I'd done nothing, I would have died on the Dothraki Sea, mourned and remembered by no one. Instead, I found my way home, known to all.

I don't say all this to boast. Simply to point out that is a girl can do it, a man certainly has that ability.

[imperceptus]

[ Rin hails from a culture where women far outstrip men in every respect, so that response strikes him a little oddly. ]

a girl can do just about anything she wants, in my experience

but i have no discernible path, and no home to return to, besides. only those knives i mentioned.
waiting everywhere i go.

[ex_jelmazmo599]

Then your world and mine are very, very different.

( There's a long pause, and then— )

Even here? I was pursued by assassins for most of my life; it's tedious. Forgive me, but: is it because of a thing you've done, or simply because you're yourself?

It was the latter, in my case. ( She clarifies: ) That I was born into my House.

[imperceptus]

most assuredly so, my lady

yes, birth was my crime, and it dogs me everywhere i go

[ Even here. Even here, some hate and fear the drow. ]

[ex_jelmazmo599]

Who we are or were seems not to be of any consequence here at all.

( A bit of a nudge; it need not dog him here, perhaps. )

[imperceptus]

that, so far, has not been my experience

[ Since he's already been Judged for being a dark elf, even if it wasn't the right kind of dark elf. ]