For the peoplespalace 12 Prompts of Rahlmas
Title: Naughty or Nice
Prompt: Naughty or Nice
The problem with trying to get Mord'Sith to celebrate normal D'Haran traditions was that Mord'Sith were not normal - not by most definitions of the word.
Most people understood the difference between pain and pleasure. Most people had grown up with the promise of gifts at the solstice if they were good. Most people shied away from being bad because they knew that meant punishment and punishment was not something to be sought but avoided.
Mord'Sith were another matter entirely.
Rahl pinched the bridge of his nose. "Let's try this again," he said. "Have you been naughty or nice?"
"Naughty," Denna said without hesitation.
Rahl gave up. They were Mord'Sith and he ought to respect that.
"Then I shall have to punish you," he said.
Denna beamed in delight. It was, Rahl concluded, taking up his agiel, all a matter of perspective.