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by Matty » August 30th, 2017, 7:23 am
Elia always did have an ego, enough to act indignant at Murdock's behaviour despite the fact that he was the one who had been wronged! He did listen to her, stony faced all the while, though he wanted to rub his chest where she'd prodded him. There was always something attractive about a spirited woman, though Murdock didn't really count Elia in that... still, it was nice to see from time to time. It reminded him of home.
"You have the strangest way of trying to correct things, if that's your true intention," Murdock said grumpily. "Trying to make up for something by using even more Compulsion on me? There's nothing adult about that." But Murdock could see there was more than posturing and preening to the woman's words, a little less coating in her own glory than usual. Less composed. And she did have a point, though maybe it was a threat, when she said she could have him killed. Not a good idea, Murdock did have his contingency plans in place for when he died, but he wasn't about to share that with Elia.
"Again, this goes both ways. If you are so done with how terrible a person I am, I won't tolerate the same from you, and I don't care who you are. If we both die, I have much less to lose." The Far Maddinger went to sit back down again, his own agitation passing when Elia had started pacing as if he was intentionally working on a set of scales with her, cooling down where she grew passionate. "The only way this discussion continues is if we leave out Compulsion. You want to be an adult and make things right, quote unquote? Then deal with it in person, not with the Power. If your intentions are as altruistic as you claim them to be, then being able to Compulse me shouldn't be a deal breaker in helping me find my daughters."
Truthfully Murdock didn't anticipate that she would actually help him any more. She'd made herself clear, once again, that she was just in this for her own advantage, another attempt to get Murdock under her thumb. It had to gall her to no end that she had this one link that didn't work as she wanted it to. Her own Aes Sedai connections, her dumb-as-rocks brother, she had a lot of resources to draw upon already. But there was always something nice about a complete set, Murdock supposed. Whatever, she could stomp off in a sulk at not getting her way or she could sit down again, Murdock didn't expect much in the way of results either way. No matter whether Elia claimed to help or not he was going to continue to be alone, and without his daughters for some time.
It was hard to keep himself looking dour when this knowledge came back to remind him of his isolation, and Murdock drooped a little in his chair, looking more tired than annoyed (though he was also looking somewhat annoyed, but that wasn't an unusual expression to be seen on his face).
------ Murdock -------------- Nathaniel --------------- Maever -------