a ray of light shone in my darkness

[bearshermark]

WHO: Eleven + various! YOU, if u want
WHEN: Late May
WHERE: The farm
WHAT: Catch-all for misc threads
WARNINGS: Violence, dark topics?

[ooc: prompts in comments. if you've got an idea for a thread outside of El's open thread that you think would work better here, go for it. If you'd like to work something out, pm or plurk!]

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[bearshermark]

Well, there goes whatever he'd regained of his dignity, burning hot through implications. Eleven massages his face in an attempt to settle his expression. It takes a good several moments to get the muscles to lax and cooperate, though redness lingers.

"I didn't know Siths lived to be vexing," he huffs finally, taking turns to wipe overheated palms off on his long coat lest his grip on the blade slip. "But that almost sounds like high praise, if that's you trusting my judgement."

[darkeststars]

"Well then you've learned a lesson today," Archeval drawls, apparently in fine form -- he catches Eleven's eye with another look of amusement as he circles back to a proper starting distance for another round, lifting his sword in salute.

"'Being vexing' is practically the Sith Order's calling in life. You up for another go, then? If we're meant to cure you of overly guarding your chest."

The matter of trusting anything about Eleven, however, goes unremarked upon for now. But perhaps that's no surprise.

[bearshermark]

"Yes," he breathes with conviction, finally bringing his own weapon to bear. On the matter of trust, he can't help but wonder if Archeval understood his own position.

It's a risk even his own mind has seen fit to lecture him for, pushing faith when by rights he should have withdrawn- a mistake that could cost him far too much. But it's done, now, and he would have to live with the consequences if he was wrong.

"I need to hone a more effective defense."

[darkeststars]

"Indeed. And no time like the present--"

Once both of them are in position and ready, Arche wastes no time surging forward with an opening strike, and the spar is on once again.

Does he trust Eleven? Well, that's a complicated question. He trusts specific things, maybe. Eleven's good judgement... ...perhaps, though he's fairly sure their definitions of 'good judgement' differ wildly. Eleven's willingness not to betray him without good reason -- though there, again, what a 'good reason' might be for each of them is bound to be quite different. Eleven's desire to save sentient lives. Hm. He does trust that firmly, at least.

But simply trusting anyone at all, full stop, no specifications, well. That would be a tall order.

Does Eleven trust him?--

Shit, he certainly hopes not.

...well. Most of him hopes not. It would be unacceptably naive and deeply worrisome of the other young man to trust somebody like Archeval after knowing him for only a month or so. But -- he probably doesn't, right? Probably. That would be a little ludicrous, even for El.

...That's what most of him hopes, anyway. If some little part of him feels differently, well, everybody is allowed a few moments of foolishness here and there within their heart of hearts.