"I am a Black Widow, with luck you will never know all I know, all I am, or all I can do. Without luck... well, I hear there is much screaming involved and unimaginable pain, but I'm sure none of us want it to come to that."
"It won't," Theorin said sharply. "I will not let anyone harm you enough for you to need to do that."
"I do NOT need your protection, and I do not care what you have decided, you do NOT serve me!"
"It is my right as the only Warlord Prince here to serve and protect, Lady. Should your court arrive, I shall absent myself if that is your will. Until such a time, I do serve, and I do protect, Lady."
She looked fit to explode, then took a deep breath and faced Merlin again. "Black Widows weave tangled webs, we can sidestep into madness, carefully, to help us see what is, what will be, and what might be."
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"It won't," Theorin said sharply. "I will not let anyone harm you enough for you to need to do that."
"I do NOT need your protection, and I do not care what you have decided, you do NOT serve me!"
"It is my right as the only Warlord Prince here to serve and protect, Lady. Should your court arrive, I shall absent myself if that is your will. Until such a time, I do serve, and I do protect, Lady."
She looked fit to explode, then took a deep breath and faced Merlin again. "Black Widows weave tangled webs, we can sidestep into madness, carefully, to help us see what is, what will be, and what might be."