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[ It has been a while, a long while since she had shown her face on the network. Mainly because she had nothing to speak about. Today she is in the library, a stack of books near her elbow while she is quite lost in the writings of Machiavelli. ]

Better to be feared than love, if one cannot be both.

[ A crooked little grin as moves to sit up. ]

If there is one book in this library the Nine must have read. I am not inclined to name them Gods. Such had been a mistake to begin with.

[ Gods create and destroy. These Gods have not created anything as much as she's concerned and even destruction comes from the outside and not from them. ]

Eight, now. Unless Freya shall succeed in her mission, wherever she might be. Perhaps that shall be the first creation truly seen here.

[ to create life from nothing. Lord knows where Freyr is. ]

And yet while their kin is searching for he whom she lost, the others celebrate, if to judge by the pretty lights.

[ a smile. ]

I hope this finds you well, Asgard. A last question if I may - I have read Lord Machiavelli's words yet I will have your own.

Do you believe lies bear a color? Black, grey. Some would say, white.

[ she inclines her head, a farewell greeting. ]

Perhaps a walk in the city would do. The lights are pretty.

[ She will be found in the library, for those who wish to find her. For now. It is time for some filters. ]

[ Filtered | Princess Mithian ]

My Lady. It would please me if you will escort me on said walk.

[ Filtered | Mordred ]

There is something I wish to speak to you about.

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Sounds like a smart guy. [His grin is casual, a bit playful.] I know a few people who could stand to read his stuff.

Good to see you spreading some sense, Morgana.

I have humbly taken it upon me to do so. It is the very least a lady can do for those around here.

[ There is a faux!sweet smile on her lips and a sing-song quality to her voice. She had spent years listening to how a lady should be kind and meek and contribute. ]

[He laughs wickedly.] Of course, my lady.

So why attach colour to lies? They're usually more about faces or words.

I don't know, I think I'd personally prefer not being feared even if I couldn't be loved.

But that's just me.

[ That question... makes Uther uncertain about answering, but he ignores it and does so anyway. What's the point in listening to such a small portion of his mind, really. ]

I believe one often assigns white only to a lie that one considers perfectly harmless. Perhaps the opposite would be black.

It would please me as well.

They say one can forgive a white lie, do they not?

[ a lesson you learn as a child, a white lie is not necessarily a bad thing. One thing you learn in the court, lies come in many shades. ]

Yet who is do decide the shade of a lie?

Lord Machiavelli wrote his words for royals. A burden most men do not have to carry throughout their life, lies and power and fear.

[ but there is a small smile on her lips. ]

Yet my brother would agree with you and he is a crown prince. I think he would respectably disagree with Lord Machiavelli.

[ as for her, well that is another subject altogether. ]

A lie thought by one to be harmless can be very harmful to another, my lord.

[ and for once, father, this is not strictly about your own lies. She looks thoughtful before adding: ]

White to one, black to another.

He's a wise and strong man, then? At least I'd say so.

For all this imprisonment, they did decorate the streets nicely. Though it is getting colder, princess. You should mind the weather and bring a cape.

[ see, she's the perfect gentleman. ]

[ her smile brightens at the suggestion.] I thank you for your concern, my lady. [ she nods.] I will. When shall we meet?

As his book tells it. He had quite the interesting ideas about politics.

[ Uther would appreciate them, she thinks. Which is odd since she does too. ]

His words portray quite the cruel world.

I think a trip to Freya District might do me good. Shall I come and fetch you?

[ princesses time out. ]

[ watch out asgard ] That would be lovely, Morgana. I will meet you out of doors.

I was talking about your brother.

But, yes. The world has its moments.

Oh. No, he is no one important.

[ but she's chuckling as she speaks. It's a jest, a jest. ]

He is important enough to one day rule a kingdom. And important enough to be a legend.

[ a tiny frown. ]

Though I might never hear the end of it if he will find out I said that.

I am very aware of that.

[ Not that he would consider his lies harmless. Far from it. It has been proven, after all. ]

Then is there truly a white lie? Or perhaps all lies are the same, just lies.

[ lord knows that Morgana is a good liar, she is even proud of that. But she never took it upon herself to paint her lies in some moral light. Lies are lies to Morgana, some are more severe than others. It all begins and ends in the arrival of Gaius. ]

I know that one. Machiavelli, right?

Then my took will wait until tomorrow and I will be there soon.

[ She had been cold as the wind that is blowing outside at first to the other woman, she knows well. Angry and somewhat envious, she had been a resentful creature. But this is well in the past and she finds that she and Mithian has quite a few things in common.

She inclines her head, a smile on her lips. ]

Princess.

Indeed. I find his writing to be quite compelling; ruthless at times, but very grounded, too. More truth than pretty words.

Makes sense, though. That's kinda how he was himself.

Was he? As ruthless and calculating as his writings say a prince must be?

[ one person she would have wanted to meet. ]

When he had to be. I mean, this is Renaissance Italy we're talking about.

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