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Feb. 25th, 2015 06:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heatherandsteelHe thought he knew about honor, that if you were honorable you didn't torture, you did the right thing. But as Toby kept showing him, it was never that simple. The goblins had a hand of bones from Rayseline, Bucer had told Rayseline where to find Toby's daughter and to Rayseline and Dugan, Dean, Peter, Gillian were only pawns in their plans. To save Gillian, Toby had to make her mortal and lose her forever because that was the only right choice just as sending Katie back was the right one. Right didn't mean honorable or easy, it meant the best option out of too many hard choices.
The Queen, who he had expected something more of, not much as he'd taken Toby from her dungeon of iron but more. To be a ruler connected you to the land, the hand of bones was proof of that, every ruler was bound to their land. Toby understood that as she saw that she could do better for Goldengreen by giving it to Dean Lorden and Marcia who would watch over everyone there. A Queen shouldn't want war not when there's a way to prevent it, but when she had heard the truth, her anger was at being thwarted. Lies were needed to bring about truth and even when everything was done, it was never enough. Connor was dead, Toby hadn't come out of her room since they confronted the Queen and there had been so much blood. His injuries had healed and now it was his job to be in the apartment as often as he could for when Toby needed him.
The Queen, who he had expected something more of, not much as he'd taken Toby from her dungeon of iron but more. To be a ruler connected you to the land, the hand of bones was proof of that, every ruler was bound to their land. Toby understood that as she saw that she could do better for Goldengreen by giving it to Dean Lorden and Marcia who would watch over everyone there. A Queen shouldn't want war not when there's a way to prevent it, but when she had heard the truth, her anger was at being thwarted. Lies were needed to bring about truth and even when everything was done, it was never enough. Connor was dead, Toby hadn't come out of her room since they confronted the Queen and there had been so much blood. His injuries had healed and now it was his job to be in the apartment as often as he could for when Toby needed him.
