[He's not treating her like an invalid. She looks pale and like she's about to pass out and yes, fine, okay she's doing much better than she was a couple of days ago.
But he's going to be even more pissed off if she faints.]
[ Mako is silent for a long, long moment. A part of her had always suspected it to be so, but she knew better than to level such an insinuation at her -- their kingdom's peace and continued abundance relies on it.
Mako doesn't forgive easily, but she knows, too, the price of rash action -- her king's life is above hers, as is their kingdom's continued peace. ]
[The way he laughs, it's not happy. It's exasperated and tired and frustrated and angry.]
It wasn't me who accused her.
[But he hadn't done anything to silence Hercules' accusation either. Raleigh knows that the man is fond of Mako, that he knew her father for many years and that he watched her grow. If it came down to it, the man would be loyal to her and not at all to his Queen.
And that really raises the question of who else in the nobility would do the same.]
The last thing Mako wants to do is to be the source of the conflict -- they have more crucial things to attend to, and didn't she come out of this quite well? She'll just have to be more careful in future. ]
Did the Marshal do that...? [ She might have to have a talk with him -- she loves Herc like a father, but peace with their neighbour is of utmost importance, too. ]
[It was the end of the day, and he was already irritated and had a headache and at the end of his proverbial rope. So he dismissed court for the day and said that he'd deal with it in the morning.
Raleigh literally has no idea what tomorrow is going to bring.]
[ Mako's frown doesn't ease, but one look at Raleigh's expression tells her all that she needs to know. He's not in the mood to talk about it tonight, and all things are better served when he's in a better mood, whether tomorrow or the day after.
After all, there's nothing they can do tonight. She reaches out to take his hand, squeezing it lightly. ]
He's not, but -- what is there to gain by making that woman an enemy?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
But he's going to be even more pissed off if she faints.]
We might be going back to war.
no subject
Mako stiffens at that, staring at him for a long, long moment -- what just happened while she hadn't been lurking around him at court? ]
Why are we going to war?
no subject
It may have been insinuated that it was the Queen who poisoned you.
no subject
Mako doesn't forgive easily, but she knows, too, the price of rash action -- her king's life is above hers, as is their kingdom's continued peace. ]
...Raleigh. You shouldn't have done that.
no subject
It wasn't me who accused her.
[But he hadn't done anything to silence Hercules' accusation either. Raleigh knows that the man is fond of Mako, that he knew her father for many years and that he watched her grow. If it came down to it, the man would be loyal to her and not at all to his Queen.
And that really raises the question of who else in the nobility would do the same.]
The court's dividing already.
no subject
The last thing Mako wants to do is to be the source of the conflict -- they have more crucial things to attend to, and didn't she come out of this quite well? She'll just have to be more careful in future. ]
Did the Marshal do that...? [ She might have to have a talk with him -- she loves Herc like a father, but peace with their neighbour is of utmost importance, too. ]
Did you talk to him?
no subject
[It was the end of the day, and he was already irritated and had a headache and at the end of his proverbial rope. So he dismissed court for the day and said that he'd deal with it in the morning.
Raleigh literally has no idea what tomorrow is going to bring.]
He's not wrong, you know.
no subject
After all, there's nothing they can do tonight. She reaches out to take his hand, squeezing it lightly. ]
He's not, but -- what is there to gain by making that woman an enemy?
no subject
She tried to murder you, she's already an enemy. Maybe this way I could be rid of her.