Of And Dot

by not plu

Dot

...

“There we go. Light.”

“Damn. My worst enemy.”

“You... you’re the girl from the train. Oh my god, if I had just- god, I’m so stupid.”

“Well, you got me now. I’ve lost all my advantage over you, it seems.”

“Hah!”

“That was sarcasm.”

“Oh. I just thought...”

“Since I snuck up on you at night? Or since I was raised in the dark?”

“I know who you are now.”

“I know.”

“I know you know.”

“Fine then. Who am I?”

“You’re... Trixie Lulamoon.”

“Yes, that’s my name. But Twila darling, what’s in a name?”

“You... you were her Protégé Just like I was. You were- mmph!”

“Don’t. Speak of that. Don’t say her name.”

“Mmph... mmm... MMM!”

“Promise and I’ll unbind you.”

“Mmhmm.”

“There.”

“You know, I know magic too.”

“So Celeste taught you more than just useless information?”

“Magic’s just useless tricks.”

“Don’t you dare say that, scronium.”

“Scio latine, meretrix.”

“Ego novi. But stultus est sicut stultus facit.”

“If you’re going to insult me, do it in English.”

“Oh, I will insult you however I like, Twila Sparks. And I shall do more than that. I will break you.”

“I won’t be falling for you mindgames any time soon.”

“Your self-confidence sickens me. You were sheltered. You are naive. No, you shall fall, and you shall shatter into a thousand pieces. And you are mistaken if you think I won’t be pushing you off the edge.”

“I have the queen behind me. You have no one. Your mentor was-”

“Twila Sparks sat on a wall. Twila sparks had a great fall. All the queen’s horses and all the queen’s men couldn’t put Twila together again...”

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[Drakua]

Grammar Nazi blurb of the day: "Here Protege" < "Her Protégé