In the book Forever Love, a situation occurs that moves Pietas and Izzorah from enemies to friends. I've been writing a new story -- nothing fully plotted yet -- and this scene presented itself.
If you've read anything with Pietas in it you know he has a wry sense of humor and irony.
Here, the two men just happen to be in the same room, and the unendingly curious Izzorah asks a question. I set this up like a play, but if I use it, I'll be adding action and dialog tags.
Izzorah: Pietas, if you were a worm, what kind of soil would you be in?
Pietas: I'm sorry. If I was a what?
Izzorah: A worm.
Pietas: A worm?
Izzorah: That's what I said.
Pietas: You think of me as a worm?
Izzorah: No, of course not.
Pietas: ...
Izzorah: But what if you were though?
Pietas: ...
Izzorah: ...
Pietas: If I was a what?
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Transmission complete.
The Empire remembers.
Remain. Endure. Return.
Rather an odd question from Izzorah, to start with!
I know, right? I was looking for warmup questions to ask interviewees, and came across something similar (I think it was if you were a butterfly) and thought — Izzorah would ask Luc that. Then thought … no, Pietas. lol
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Thank you!
Made me chuckle
thank you. I think these two will be friends the way Pietas was with Six, but forever. 🙂
Interesting discussion. A worm? I wonder what his answer is. Thanks for sharing.
I know, right? Talk about left field…