**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Jan 2 00:00:20 2024 Jan 02 00:00:20 * Morgan nods Jan 02 00:01:20 I think... if they are upset, in time they will understand that you withhold it from them for Mina's benefit... like you said, until she was more settled with it, their gaze would have weighed heavy Jan 02 00:02:06 * Edward nods Jan 02 00:02:24 As it is I will need to remind them the pain she endures from it Jan 02 00:04:55 * Morgan nods Jan 02 00:05:11 yes... they'll get over it Jan 02 00:05:18 * Edward nods Jan 02 00:05:51 Theus knows we’ve had our share of dramas over the years Jan 02 00:07:23 * Morgan nods Jan 02 00:07:24 Indeed Jan 02 00:09:29 Adding a former Vaticine prisoner of war in Heidi was one of them Jan 02 00:09:48 * Morgan nods Jan 02 00:10:14 I wonder if thats why she and HeinzHarold get along... he was a prisoner of war... repeatedly Jan 02 00:11:24 Was he? Jan 02 00:11:58 * Morgan smiles Jan 02 00:12:27 I don't suppose its much worth as a secret now... he got caught... a lot Jan 02 00:13:47 carelessness? *he sips his coffee* Jan 02 00:15:30 * Morgan shakes his head Jan 02 00:15:34 Not even slightly Jan 02 00:16:43 It was calculated then Jan 02 00:17:04 * Morgan nods, sipping his coffee Jan 02 00:17:21 Wasn't ever him that got caught without trying to be Jan 02 00:19:30 you did though? Jan 02 00:20:13 * Morgan nods, sipping his coffee Jan 02 00:20:16 Just the once Jan 02 00:20:37 * Edward smiles Jan 02 00:20:57 I imagine once is more than most live to talk about. Jan 02 00:21:34 * Morgan nods Jan 02 00:21:38 I imagine so, yes Jan 02 00:21:49 yet here you are Jan 02 00:23:18 I've always been... resilient Jan 02 00:23:33 * Edward nods Jan 02 00:45:45 * Edward has quit (Read error: EOF from client) Jan 02 01:26:03 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Jan 02 13:34:22 * Morgan (~mads@192.168.1.117) has joined Jan 02 16:06:31 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Jan 02 18:43:05 * Morgan (~mads@192.168.1.117) has joined Jan 02 19:10:47 * Molly (~u931732@192.168.1.127) has joined Jan 02 19:11:01 Just the once Jan 02 19:11:01 * Edward smiles Jan 02 19:11:01 I imagine once is more than most live to talk about. Jan 02 19:11:01 * Morgan nods Jan 02 19:11:01 I imagine so, yes Jan 02 19:11:03 yet here you are Jan 02 19:11:05 I've always been... resilient Jan 02 19:11:07 * Edward nods Jan 02 19:11:18 * Molly is now known as Edward Jan 02 19:11:41 It is noticeable in our family line Jan 02 19:15:31 Apparently so Jan 02 19:16:29 That did not prevent the damage to my shoulder though Jan 02 19:17:16 Perhaps... it would've been much much worse had it not been for our constitution... though we both know I'm somewhat more hardy Jan 02 19:19:20 * Edward shrugs “It is not a competition. If it was, your wife would beat us hands down” Jan 02 19:19:38 Oh so you do like that sort of thing Jan 02 19:21:56 what sort of thing? Jan 02 19:22:15 Being beaten by your woman Jan 02 19:22:24 * Edward snorts Jan 02 19:22:32 Not even slightly Jan 02 19:22:53 Hey, its alright, I support you in your choices in this... Jan 02 19:25:13 It sounds like you are hoping for a like-minded soul. Do you prefer it when she slaps your face, or your buttocks, brother? *he smirks* Jan 02 19:25:27 * Morgan laughs Jan 02 19:27:11 * Edward chuckles Jan 02 19:27:22 Anyway... Jan 02 19:27:45 * Edward nods Jan 02 19:27:56 Why do you not go with them to Baden? Jan 02 19:28:29 * Morgan glances at him evasively Jan 02 19:28:33 In case Im needed here Jan 02 19:29:01 * Edward watches him in the same long way Adalbrecht would Jan 02 19:29:44 Is that so? Jan 02 19:30:57 * Morgan sighs Jan 02 19:30:58 Mostly Jan 02 19:31:29 * Edward nods Jan 02 19:33:21 I am more than capable of dealing with a household, as I do at home. I can presume only a few options. One, you feel you should be here incase Florrie takes a dislike to me, two, to keep an eye on Alice and I, or three, because you cannot trust yourself with your increasing wife out of doors. Jan 02 19:37:03 A little of one... more that me going would be another change and I do not wish to disrupt your time together with her being out of sorts at that change... two, a little, but only so if Mina worries about it, I can completely allay her fears with absolute honesty, rather than just my faith in the two of you, and three... yes. Jan 02 19:37:33 * Edward nods Jan 02 19:37:47 Anything else? Jan 02 19:39:01 * Morgan shrugs Jan 02 19:39:16 Not really, no... might get a visit from the little people bringing me some weapons Jan 02 19:39:25 Which reminds me... I have a scabbard for your sword Jan 02 19:40:37 * Edward nods “Thank you” Jan 02 19:40:47 * Morgan nods Jan 02 19:41:05 Can't have that thing swinging around on your hip, taking chunks out of the furniture Jan 02 19:42:41 * Edward nods “You are -that- worried about your behaviour with her that you have chosen not to meet your wife off the ferry?” Jan 02 19:43:41 * Morgan shrugs Jan 02 19:44:03 I don't -think- it'd be a problem but... I've had enough dreams that indicate otherwise to be cautious Jan 02 19:45:17 * Edward smiles “I envy you dreams like that. More recently, mine are that things are wrong in Graben and everyone expects me to know what to do, but I do not” Jan 02 19:46:04 A recompense for the other dreams I have... I had a dream where you despaired that everyone always expected you to know what to do... Jan 02 19:46:27 * Edward nods Jan 02 19:46:48 Sometimes I do Jan 02 19:46:54 * Morgan nods Jan 02 19:47:18 Since then I have tried to ask your counsel but with ideas of my own... Jan 02 19:48:00 * Edward nods Jan 02 19:48:07 I appreciate that Jan 02 19:48:33 I don't wish to add to your burden Jan 02 19:49:19 I am fine. Jan 02 19:50:36 Even so. Jan 02 19:53:00 I rarely dream of anything explicit now I am older Jan 02 19:53:13 Maybe once things are more settled you will again Jan 02 19:54:10 * Edward shrugs “It was mostly a factor in adolescence” Jan 02 19:54:40 Might have been in yours Jan 02 19:55:00 * Edward chuckles Jan 02 19:55:13 I recall you say8ng you had not been so plagued Jan 02 19:55:57 No... Jan 02 19:56:22 But now you are? Jan 02 19:56:42 Fairly regularly... sometimes paths... sometimes just dreams... Jan 02 19:57:49 * Edward nods Jan 02 19:58:00 Just of Molly...? Jan 02 19:58:33 * Morgan blushes, looking away Jan 02 20:00:17 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:00:19 I see Jan 02 20:00:39 Those were not paths... just dreams Jan 02 20:01:00 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:01:04 naturally Jan 02 20:01:20 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:03:03 it is not controllable Jan 02 20:03:19 No... even so, I feel bad about it Jan 02 20:06:20 No doubt she dreams similarly, most people do Jan 02 20:09:08 * Morgan shrugs Jan 02 20:09:13 Perhaps Jan 02 20:10:34 I think you are feeling guilty unnecessarily Jan 02 20:11:11 Oh, probably, yes Jan 02 20:12:17 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:12:47 what will you fill your time with this afternoon? Jan 02 20:13:27 I don't know really... I might work on the house... I might ot Jan 02 20:13:41 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:17:00 I saw Karlsruhe earlier, riding down the drive Jan 02 20:17:55 Oh? I imagine then he's getting lunch before he sees me Jan 02 20:18:22 I imagine so Jan 02 20:18:36 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:18:52 Mother suggested telling people you had taken Alice as a mistress for a time... Jan 02 20:19:19 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:19:28 That was what Father insisted upon Jan 02 20:19:51 So... why not just lean into it with everyone else? Jan 02 20:32:21 would you lie to -your- friends? Jan 02 20:32:35 Oh, no, I meant everyone else... not your friends Jan 02 20:32:43 Besides, its a pointless question to me Jan 02 20:33:05 because -you- would never be so stupid? Jan 02 20:33:37 * Morgan looks at him Jan 02 20:33:45 You're antagonising me. Stop it. Jan 02 20:34:58 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:35:02 I apologise Jan 02 20:35:25 Don't apologise, just stop it. Its a pointless question to me because I don't lie Jan 02 20:37:03 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:37:28 Society will be told what it has to be to keep Florrie safe Jan 02 20:37:39 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:37:56 They'd have to do some serious digging to find out where they are once they're home anyway Jan 02 20:40:24 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:40:27 Indeed Jan 02 20:40:36 Especially since... I don't own it Jan 02 20:41:24 You suggested you would hand it over Jan 02 20:42:03 I meant the island. It wouldn't take the biggest leap to find its mine, but it'd take a little sideways thinking Jan 02 20:44:24 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:44:26 I see Jan 02 20:45:31 I don't think most will think of it as much more than a bit of gossip... they'll be too busy with Maubourg and myself Jan 02 20:46:05 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:46:12 That will hold attention Jan 02 20:46:19 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:46:22 indeed Jan 02 20:47:53 * Edward drinks some coffee Jan 02 20:48:10 For his flaws, he has done a passable job as Graf Jan 02 20:48:35 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:48:40 Better than many would have I think Jan 02 20:49:38 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:49:43 better than many have Jan 02 20:49:50 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:50:12 Quite. He -seems- to be resisting the urge to... fuck everything and hand me a wreckage... Jan 02 20:52:04 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:52:12 surprisingly Jan 02 20:52:18 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:52:36 An overseer was put in to make sure he doesn't but... I don't know how competent that man is Jan 02 20:53:51 He has not visited you yet? Jan 02 20:54:45 Not yet... he's been travelling Jan 02 20:54:55 * Edward nods Jan 02 20:55:12 Maybe it is time to call him back? Jan 02 20:56:09 He's due back any time now Jan 02 20:57:08 I would want to see him before we leave for Sudlachenburg, if it were me Jan 02 20:57:33 * Morgan nods Jan 02 20:57:35 I agree Jan 02 20:59:38 I confess, I will be glad when DeeDee arrives with an update on how Graben fares Jan 02 21:00:03 * Morgan nods Jan 02 21:00:08 You will wish to use my office? Jan 02 21:01:17 No, we will take a walk. Of all of us, DeeDee and I spent more time at Hafenlohr together Jan 02 21:01:33 * Morgan nods a little, frowning briefly Jan 02 21:04:07 what? Jan 02 21:04:12 Its stupid Jan 02 21:05:49 what is? Jan 02 21:07:04 Your familiarity with this place, that of your friends... it makes me feel a little like an intruder... like its not really -my- home... Jan 02 21:09:26 That would be like me not feeling Die Dauerhaftigkeit was my home because you had all already been there Jan 02 21:10:04 You.. felt that? Jan 02 21:11:06 No, of course I did not Jan 02 21:12:00 well... good... but it is still a little how I feel... you all have so much time and memory here... Jan 02 21:13:35 * Edward shakes his head Jan 02 21:14:32 Not as much as you might imagine. It does not stop the house being your home as it never was ours Jan 02 21:14:56 * Morgan shrugs Jan 02 21:15:01 I did say it was stupid Jan 02 21:15:58 * Edward nods Jan 02 21:16:02 I am afraid so Jan 02 21:16:43 Doesn't make the feeling any less unpleasant though Jan 02 21:17:04 * Edward nods Jan 02 21:17:20 Once you are settled in you will feel it less Jan 02 21:17:47 * Morgan nods Jan 02 21:17:49 I hope so Jan 02 21:19:26 You will make memories here with your family, as it should be Jan 02 21:19:33 * Morgan nods Jan 02 21:19:45 Yes, I will... Jan 02 21:22:18 The only problem is, you have to stay here more than a couple of weeks to do so Jan 02 21:24:41 obviously Jan 02 21:26:48 Which you may not do until mid June, with the time in Sudlachenburg then Heidi and Zench’s wedding Jan 02 21:27:59 You are telling me I should ignore the feeling it gives me and endure until such time as those memories are made Jan 02 21:29:42 What else can you do? Jan 02 21:29:57 * Morgan sighs, nodding Jan 02 21:32:01 we could all try to pretend we have not been here before, but you would know it was a lie Jan 02 21:32:38 * Morgan nods Jan 02 21:32:41 aye Jan 02 21:33:45 * Edward nods, sipping the coffee Jan 02 21:34:01 You cannot always have first bash at everything Jan 02 21:34:47 No, I know that... I just... I don't want to feel I am walking in someone else's suit Jan 02 21:38:09 You have to make it your own, in your own head too. In Innesbruck you have Uncle Hans house, and in Sudlachenburg you’ll have Father’s house. That is the way of things passing from the past to the future Jan 02 21:38:47 * Morgan nods Jan 02 21:38:49 You're right Jan 02 21:40:09 As usual Jan 02 22:00:59 * Edward has quit (Read error: EOF from client) Jan 02 22:42:28 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep)