And I would give all this and heaven too

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Characters: Valdis and specific starters with some open
Date: April
Location: Around Aifaran
Situation: Various
Warnings/Rating: in headers


And the heart is hard to translate
It has a language of its own
It talks in tongues and quiet sighs
And prayers and proclamations
In the grand deeds of great men and the smallest of gestures
And short shallow gasps

But with all my education I can't seem to command it
And the words are all escaping, and coming back all damaged
And I would put them back in poetry if I only knew how
I can't seem to understand it

And I would give all this and heaven too
I would give it all if only for a moment
That I could just understand the meaning of the word you see
'Cause I've been scrawling it forever but it never makes sense to me at all

Comments

[zohvin]

"I can't say I condone it, either," Zohvin comments with a wry tone, "But it's important to know how to defend yourself."

He's certainly killed people before, even a few people that counted among his allies, but only ever in a combat situation. After all, he wasn't an assassin.

"Vibroswords are quite similar in shape to the kind of sword you carry, but with an ultrasonic generator in the handle. It makes the tip of the blade vibrate at such a speed that it can tear through armor and durasteel with little trouble. ... Of course, those generators can explode if you subject the blade to a strong enough electrical current, but most who carry vibroswords know to avoid that kind of danger."

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"Interesting," Valdis smiled, deciding that they agreed about lethality even if it was in slightly different ways, "I'd like to pit my sword against that."

Though if these vibroswords were as dangerous as Zohvin described, then pitting her angelic blade against them may not be wise. Revelations was supposed to be indestructible, but who knew if what held true on her world held true here.

"Have you used one? They sound fascinating."