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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 8, 2015 16:34:30 GMT -5
Morgan shook her head. She almost regretted her liaison with Quentyn, because it meant she could not prove her innocence, yet she thought of the time they'd spent together and wished their time might come again, one day.
"No," she whispered. "I'm not a maiden. but I never touched those boys. I swear it by the old gods and the new."
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Post by The Forgotten God on May 8, 2015 23:22:24 GMT -5
Reynald shrugged. "As you say. What would you have considered a fit punishment?"
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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 9, 2015 7:03:41 GMT -5
She scowled. "For lying in the pursuit of knowledge? Nothing. Nobody should suffer for trying to burden their mind."
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Post by The Forgotten God on May 9, 2015 9:36:24 GMT -5
"Does this mean Bryce Dayne is innocent, for sins done seeking knowledge?"
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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 9, 2015 9:38:46 GMT -5
Morgan shrugged. "I am not in a position to judge such a man," she said. "But Dayne is ambitious and I am not. I do not seek knowledge for the purpose of conquest. That is the difference."
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Post by The Forgotten God on May 9, 2015 10:17:39 GMT -5
"Then what do you seek it for?"
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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 9, 2015 10:37:35 GMT -5
"For myself," she said. "I love reading and learning new things. And mayhaps I could learn something that would be useful. but I seek no power nor riches. All I want - all I have ever wanted - is licence to study to my heart's content, and the funds to obtain new books."
It occurred to her that there was one other thing she wanted, now, but it was hardly relevant to the discussion, and she could never have it, anyway.
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Post by The Forgotten God on May 9, 2015 10:40:07 GMT -5
The old man coughs. "Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is as useless as a sword forged for infants. If using your knowledge to better the realm isn't your purpose the Citadel would have no use for you."
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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 9, 2015 10:49:55 GMT -5
"I would be willing to use my knowledge for the good of the realm," she said quietly. "But as I was not granted the opportunity, the chances of that happening are very slim now. But it hardly matters now. I was punished for crimes I did not commit and I think it unlikely I will be allowed back into the Citadel." She paused then gave him a long look. "You seem to be much in sympathy with the men who arrested me, maester. I had hoped you would understand that they treated me most cruelly."
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Post by The Forgotten God on May 9, 2015 11:06:48 GMT -5
"I do not have sympathy for anyone," he said. "I have seen too much in seventy years for that. Do you seek vengeance?"
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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 9, 2015 11:13:45 GMT -5
"I seek justice," she said firmly. "They flogged me for a crime I did not commit, persecuted me for being born a woman and used vile accusations that would never be laid at any man's feet, even if they were true. Lady Hightower gave orders that her...wards were to be the first female students at the Citadel. My fate might become their own, in time. These are higborn women from the Westerlands, and are not living in Oldtown by their own choice. is it fair that they should be made to suffer as I did, because the Citadel does not want them?"
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Post by The Forgotten God on May 9, 2015 15:01:15 GMT -5
"She does not rule the Citadel," he pointed out. "But if you seek justice, who do you think has the power to grant it?"
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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 9, 2015 15:58:03 GMT -5
"I don't know. This is something I intend to find out. But I will not simply accept what happened to me. That is what they want of me and I will not be cowed so easily."
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Post by The Forgotten God on May 9, 2015 16:11:17 GMT -5
He nodded. "Good. Courage is difficult but important. How can I help you, then?"
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Post by Leona Redwyne on May 9, 2015 16:22:28 GMT -5
"I was hoping you might know some men who would be inclined to look favourably upon me, potential allies. Perhaps you might even know the proper authority to whom I might lay my grievance? It was not clear to me whether those who arrested me were actually Archmaesters but it is possible they were not."
OOC - would her wounds be fully healed at this point?
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