http://eats-the-rude.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] eats-the-rude.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] controllingluck 2011-11-18 08:38 am (UTC)

[So he was beginning to see. Fierce loyalty and trust could easily get her into hot water here, where monsters with the masks of men lurked about corners unseen. She had a..undeniable amount of poor luck, it would seem. Or maybe that was simply part of her gullibility leading her unwittingly into traps. She appeared more intelligent than that, however.]

In the case of most who have arrived here, yes. I've been told as much. But not necessarily those who are considered to be 'local'?

[Lecter was not one who was easily riled; in fact, he barely budged an inch from the comment, letting his eyes wander about the room in which he currently occupied. The heavy draperies were emerald and gold-embroidered, smothering the pane of glass with the thickness of fabric. He reached out to touch it, the velvety texture rubbing smooth against his fingertip.]

It rather reminds me of a story written by the Brothers Grimm. Darker fairytales, you might say...

But it is only within human nature that we be intrigued by the oddities of the world. Had we not that fascination the world would be rather dull indeed, I think.

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