Deep-rooted Words
"Rosamund?"
"It means Rose of the World. Rosie for short."
Do you know Latin, Molly, or did you just look that up on the internet? Molly. Mollis (m), molle (f), molle (n): soft. That's a false etymology, though, because Molly is derived from Margaret or Mary, and neither of them have Latin roots. The connection with all things soft and tender is only in my mind.
"The danger was the fun part, but you can't outrun that forever."
Outrun it? Seems I'm always running towards it, and it's something else entirely that I'm running from. You saw that Mary, didn't you? I was, I am afraid of too much molle (f) in my life. Amongst other things, it would give ammunition to my enemies.
Ammo. Ammo?
Amo. Latin for "I love," and while grammatically that is a valid sentence, semantically it craves an object. Whom? Whom do I love? Why am I even asking this; it doesn't apply to me and it is irrelevant to the case.
"He said he'd rather have anyone but you."
When does the path we walk on lock around our feet? Why did he choose you of all people as his messenger? I can see why he wants to be cruel to me, but why to you? And yet. What if it had been you, lying dead in your blood? Mary nearly killed me and then she gave her life for me. You wouldn't do one, would you do the other? Amas. You love. But whom do you love?
"…anyone but you."