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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Queenie" data-source="post: 7107806" data-attributes="member: 8058">"Nobody speaks for me but me, Father, you raised me too well for that," Astrid chuckled. "But yes, Thorir speaks the truth of the matter. He promised me he would help me and I will hold him to it. We both have much at stake."She wrung her delicate fingers together as she continued. "I still want to go to Grandael. I cannot waste time waiting to find out what Einar knows about Karsii."She spotted Eben out of the corner of her eye, his hands tensed tighter into fists as she spoke. She tried her best to keep her eyes from him as she continued her thoughts."Arvid speaks what is on my mind. They are expecting us. Father, you came to my aid. We can tell them Thorir helped rescue me and we can all journey to Volund's halls together, and it would be impossible to turn anyone away. You should have been at the wedding anyway Father. I can tell them I need more time before the wedding, that I am so anguished from the ordeal I need time to recover first. They will believe that. They will delay it at least a few days, perhaps a fortnight. Then we all can find out what we can find out while we are there. And then-""No Astrid!" Eben stood up at the table, hitting his balled up fists against the table as he cut her off. "This is not the way forward, you cannot go-""Do not tell me what I can or cannot do Eben Marenson! You ran off with pirates while I was home looking for our daughter so you do not get to tell me what-""I did not run off with pirates! I left to save your life, Astrid, and I had no way to know-"Astrid's frustration was evident as the two lovers continued to bicker. "We have already been over this, I am doing it," the red-headed woman said stubbornly. "Nothing you can say will stop me." Eben had seen this determination from Astrid before and he knew, nothing did stop her when she had a goal in mind. "Argh!" Eben let out a frustrated yell as he stood and knocked over his chair. He paced behind the table. "I do not want her to do this thing. I think she and I should go looking for Karsii ourselves. Perhaps someone else at this table with more say in this than I can convince Astrid not to do this. Karsii is just my daughter after all." Astrid softened at Eben's words. "I just cannot lose this one chance we have at Einar. I will never have his trust again, I will never be able to walk his halls again and see for myself what role he might have played in any of this. If he thinks I am unwise to his plots and plans, he thinks me stupid and foolish, all the better for me. I need to do this."</blockquote>

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