Subject: Likes a girl with spirit.
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Posted on: 2011-06-29 17:32:00 UTC

That got a bark of a laugh from Suicide. "In my experience, that kind of thing usually happens whether you make time with the local monsters or not. I've never seen a small village play nice with the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman act. Remind me to tell you about the villagers near Thermopylae some time." He arched an eyebrow, remembering what Jenni had said when he'd first come stumbling into FicPsych. "Or maybe not. That might be too Greek."

He tore each half of the coaster into halves again, then pushed them back together with the tip of his finger, while he considered what to say next. He had to say, he liked the way Jenni had shown off the vampire bite: he appreciated a lady with spirit. (Somewhere, the universe groaned, but Suicide was technically unaware of the cliche and survived with only yet another few years' worth of bad karma.)

"Okay, here's a good one. Everyone says Sparta was ruled by the men, and most of the time, it was. But nobody was going to actually believe it while people like Gorgo and Arete were around." He shook his head, remembering. "The lady Arete was actually the wife of two of my masters--first Iatrokles, and then when he died, she married his brother Dienekes. Well, she knew me from when I was sixteen on; she'd already been married to Iatrokles when I came to Sparta.

"When I'd been enough of a shit that even a pension threat wouldn't do it, Iatrokles or Dienekes would send me to Arete. She had this way about her--just giving you this look, like she knew everything and could just turn you inside-out. She had the real andreia, and the gods help you if she thought you were threatening her family."

Suicide cocked his head, offering Jenni a lopsided grin. "Even she never broke out the restraints, though."

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