psychic thread

[agentlenpc]

[The gentle brush against the Strangers' minds comes in early evening. It is, as all mental touches are from Fayura, soft and unassuming, much like a polite knock at a door. Once as many minds are connected as she thinks will open the door to her, she speaks.]

I am curious, Strangers, what you would do with the young man who shot and killed Councilwoman Vera.

Many of you come from worlds where there are laws against murder. While we have no such laws here, when a Blood male in a Queen's Territory kills another without cause, she may demand a price from him. Sometimes, that is his own life if he was negligent enough with his temper and sometimes, it's something less.

My trouble is this: if I execute him according to the laws of the Blood, of which he is not one, the Guilds will rouse their people into a furor and attack not only me, but the people of Draega. If I turn him over to the Ebon Council, the Guilds will do much the same, and that will incite the Council to strike back. And if I return him to the Guilds for accolades instead of punishment for taking a life, the Ebon Council will have cause to rip apart the Guilds and anyone in their way to extract from him the price for murdering one of their own.

Were you me, what course would you take? And please try not to shout over each other; this is as many of you as I could reach.

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[midship]

[This is familiar.

No, it isn't. This is something that ought to be familiar, but Horatio can feel the quiet of his own mind beginning to drag.]

Is obedience not-- the highest form of cherishing?

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[agentlenpc]

Wha— No! [She isn't sure whether to laugh or be horrified.] If my order is a bad one and puts me, or my court, in danger then it wouldn't be cherishing me to keep to the letter of that order. Oh, I might have to have a long talk with someone when they go against my order, but I'd rather them do that and live than practice blind obedience and die.

Any good Queen would.

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[midship]

Any good Queen.

[That almost feels like an answer. That certainly ought to be enough for Horatio.

But getting actual answers is strangely addictive.] And those with less absolute power?

[agentlenpc]

[How strange to hear in his tone the same thing she's heard from so many males in her own court.]

The same is true of any witch. These old laws are generally meant for Warlord Princes and Queens, but a good witch understands that she works with her males and not against them. Blood males serve. It is in their nature to do so. While sometimes the amount they want to serve or the ways they express that service can frustrate, it's important to understand and accept them for who they are.

[A smile tinges her psychic voice.]

Likewise, it is important for them to understand that, sometimes, a witch doesn't want someone attached to a cock and balls anywhere near her and just wants to read her novels in peace.