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[mrsnose]

Hello - is everyone doing better today? The curse from yesterday reminded me a little of how dangerous the power of words can be when you've little to no idea that your words have power. Like me, I used to talk to hats.

I mean, I used to work in a hat shop, my family's hat shop, and when I entered as the new apprentice, I'd be left by myself for many nights, so I took to talking to hats. I'd tell a bonnet she'd marry into money, or another hat that she'd be as fresh as a spring rose - compliments like those - and I thought it was just a way of passing time. Until I started to realise that my predictions would come true - as if the hats were listening to my orders. It did grand for the business, but there are consequences to letting your mouth run.

Which is why...yesterday, when I got an inkling of what the curse could be like, I decided to stay quiet. For the best.

But that's all over today, so I get to congratulate Charlie and Merlin - that's a nice name, hmm - on their bravery and love for one another, and the celebration of their wedding. May your happiness last for a very long time.

Is this the first wedding taking place in the City? Or have there been others? [SHE'S JUST CURIOUS, HOWL, NO NEED TO TAKE HINTS OR ANYTHING.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ Someone's impassioned about this. And naive. What is love? Hormonal ephemera, that's all. Can it keep you well-fed and sheltered? Can it pay your bills? Not in his opinion. ]

You might have a point. [ Or you might not. ] But love doesn't always last.

[mrsnose]

It can. It could.

[mortemscintilla]

[ Oh, girlie. ]

I guess if it did, it's the real thing after all.

[ Pft. ]

[mrsnose]

What do you expect it to be like? A walk in the park?

[mortemscintilla]

I'm not sure. [ It's not an emotion he gives much thought. Familial love -- that's different. It's a matter of innate programming. You're supposed to love and protect family. Anything else, he doesn't put much stock in. If it's too good to be true, it usually is. ] What's ...what's it like for you? [ He colors violently. ] O-Or maybe that's not my business to ask.

[mrsnose]

Oh, it's a headache. But it's rewarding, too. I'm starting to think it might be how it works - you try and you work through it to make it good. Everything else is just...fairytales.

[mortemscintilla]

That's a practical way of looking at it. [ But what if all your efforts to make it good yield no results? Wisely, he keeps that to himself. ]

[mrsnose]

Or a sane way.