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[nichtstubenrein]

There is no need. Just do not fucking speak of me in such a way again.

[ That is her last warning. Then, he sighs. ]

You cannot stay here now.

[gardienne]

Really?

[Her voice catches.]

I got nowhere else to go. Just the Down. Please, Agron. I’ll sleep on the floor. Please.

[nichtstubenrein]

A thing you should have considered before insulting fucking host. We will find you a safe place to lay your head, but it cannot be here.

[gardienne]

[Her jaw tightens.]

You won’t listen if I argue my case, will you?

Fine. I can look after myself anyway.

[nichtstubenrein]

[ An audible sigh can be heard. ]

And yet I still seek to look after you for some reason fucking unknown to me. You cannot stay here, but do not take that to mean I will not assist.

[gardienne]

How? Agron, if I can't stay with you, there's nowhere else to go except back.

[There's silence.]

I don't want charity. Don't want people to take me in as a favour for you. It's different if they choose me, but no one ever does. It doesn't matter. The Down rooms are well enough. What more do I need than a bed anyway?

[nichtstubenrein]

[ Well he's not going to lie to her, so fine. ]

The inn in the Down is livable. If you do not seek to find a place to live up here, then you could do worse than those beds.

I'll teach you how to defend yourself.

[gardienne]

It is honest at least. It’s better than up there. No one can take it away from me. No one can tell me to get out. That is your risk now, if your master ever gets tired of you. Trust me, Agron. When you come from nothing like us, it is a lot to lose.

[There’s a small pause.]

Thank you. I’d like to be as strong and as fierce as you I think.

[nichtstubenrein]

[ He is really, really trying to not lose his temper again. Really trying. ]

You will need be, as you keep fucking doing what you have been commanded not to do. Do not fucking call him my master again.


[ What he hates the most is that she's putting doubt in him. ]

[gardienne]

You know, you said things about Qi’ra too.

[She thinks he’s being unfair but she has the sense to shut up too.]

I suppose you were right in the end though.

[nichtstubenrein]

I was right, and this is not the same. I have already told you James has no fucking desire to keep me as your Domina did you. If he did, I would speak of him just the same as I do her.

[gardienne]

I think I was blind for a while, you know? I didn't even realise she was my mistress like that. I didn't even realise I was a servant.

[There's a pause]

I'm going to have a bonfire on the beach and burn all of the clothes she made me wear. You can come if you like. I'm going to take some sweets and that from the shop and warm them over the fire. At least my freedom, such as it is, will taste sweet.