Written for the fanfiction SMACKDOWN at fiefgoldenlake . proboards . com
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Title: Love Is Never Selfish (7)
Rating: G
Length: 202
Competitor: Owen
Round/Fight: 1/D
Summary: Kel wants to be a bigger person.
"I was wondering if you could help me," Margarry blurts out all in a rush. "Owen thinks that I'm just a proper young noblewoman, all embroidery and side-saddle and, well, I can do those things, but I want to show him that I can be his companion in other things as well."
"You want me to show you how to ride?" Kel asks doubtfully.
"No! I know how to ride. I grew up with parents who raise horses, after all. But my mother and my father do many things together, things that Owen and I can't because I don't have the skill."
Kel quietly reassesses Margarry. Never had she thought that this pretty woman would have this kind of gumption. "You'd like to learn the bow, perhaps?" she guesses again, and this time Margarry's face lights up.
"Yes! Archery. We could shoot together, and perhaps he won't think that I'm afraid to get my hands dirty."
It is Kel's time and she has precious little on her leave from the border post, but Margarry is looking at her with such hope that she can't say no. With a sigh, she says goodbye to a little of her freedom and accepts Margarry's plea.