The Fragmented Thoughts of a Mage in Battle

Marital Bliss. Dialogue.

K. Ryan, 2003

------Marry me, my love.

--Why?

------Why not!

--That's a pointless question!

------A pointless question of great personal importance.

--You're quite the poet when you want to be.

------I know.

--You thought that was a compliment?

------Philistine.

--Academic.

------Beautiful woman.

--You're trying to distract me.

------Don't you like it?

--Only when there are no loose threads. Why did you ask me, again?

------To see if your answer has changed. Isn't that obvious?

--Oblivious.

------Caustic, love.

--What?

------Caustic: sharp, corrosive…oh, it doesn't matter.

--My answer does, and you know it.

------I know it?

--You do. You should. You'd better.

------Is that… a threat?

--Would you like it to be?

------Now who's distracting?

--Silly man!

------Self-declared. Now, please, has your answer changed?

--Not on your life.

INowplease

Such are the exchanges between the genuinely affectionate.