He says it with perfect calm, though the slight lift of his chin and a barely perceptible squaring of his shoulders lends the gravitas of a proclamation to his words.
'The prophecy was there, true enough. The child born of his father's great shame, the child who would bring about his father's downfall. But the Dark would have rejoiced in the slaughter...and the troublesome thing about prophecy is that it generally manages to find a way to circumvent any attempt to avoid unpleasant outcomes.'
For just a moment, something of his actual age -- and a long weariness -- shows through in the depths of his gaze.
'The child lived,' he concludes in the same flat tone as before, 'as did all those of his generation who might otherwise have not. And the prophecy came to pass, as it would have come to pass with or without outside interference.'
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Date: 2006-12-30 02:05 am (UTC)He says it with perfect calm, though the slight lift of his chin and a barely perceptible squaring of his shoulders lends the gravitas of a proclamation to his words.
'The prophecy was there, true enough. The child born of his father's great shame, the child who would bring about his father's downfall. But the Dark would have rejoiced in the slaughter...and the troublesome thing about prophecy is that it generally manages to find a way to circumvent any attempt to avoid unpleasant outcomes.'
For just a moment, something of his actual age -- and a long weariness -- shows through in the depths of his gaze.
'The child lived,' he concludes in the same flat tone as before, 'as did all those of his generation who might otherwise have not. And the prophecy came to pass, as it would have come to pass with or without outside interference.'