I used to work for the Princess of our Kingdom. Things got kind of complex, as her brother and I had feelings for each other but he was a fugitive and we were supposed to track him down.
Eventually, he returned home but there I found my loyalties tested. Now, this Fire Princess, makes Woden look as threatening as one of these non-mutated butterflies. She was clever enough to outsmart adults and take over entire cities our Nation previously thought were impenetrable, she was skilled enough to take on almost entire armies, including the Avatar, the world's most skilled bender, and was pretty much regarded as the Fire Nation's prodigy.
The only reason why she failed in the end is because she miscalculated my loyalty. Me, and my other friend, deserted her and she eventually snapped. Without any of her previous rationality, she lost.
The point is: sometimes it's best to keep people like this close to you, as it's easier to defeat the enemy you know than the enemy you don't.
I hope I do not need your offer, but I'll keep it in mind. Woden has some amazing potential, and it could be put to a lot of good. He just has to be convinced he's being steered in his direction.
[Mai's response is a lot to take in. The story about Mai's home and her princess, the message about the subtler side of politics... it's all a foreign world to her.]
i'm not really good with this sort of thing to be honest. but that other valkyrie, she got hurt because there was nobody to back her up. if he's planning anything then he's probably going to make the same mistake your princess did: he's not going to expect us to be loyal to anyone but him.
and we can probably take him on, even without the powers he wants to give us. if we need to.
Do you know Petyr Baelish? I've taken up some work on the side being his bodyguard, so we have a potential vault of allies if things go wrong. [ but if Utena came here to tell Mai that her taste in allegiances are garbage than ...that's honestly pretty needed, thank you, Utena. ]
I'm sure even without this suit to launch me across a building, I can still just reduce him to scrap metal in seconds. My combat ability isn't very diverse, but it gets the job done enough.
we talked a couple times. i don't really know him like you do, but he seemed pretty alright. and he seems like the kind of guy who knows everybody, too. if we have someone like that on our side then we don't have anything to worry about.
[sadly, that callout will have to wait, because... she knows very, very little about Baelish. womp womp.]
I have to admit, I'm sightly inspired by his willingness to make this place agreeable for everyone. My dad was a governor, and didn't really care much about his people. [ That was a cocktail of lies and half truths. Mai doesn't find Petyr inspiring, she just finds him useful and an excuse to devote resources towards her plan of a killer squad of girl fighters courtesy of Woden's talents. And, as governor, her dad's people were actually conquered people subjugated to his rule but ..., still, with recent events revealing her dad is trying to lead an insurgency against her ex, it seems like all her dad really cared about was power. ]
But with his resources, there's not really a lot Woden can do. I haven't told him that I'm Baelish's bodyguard; I'd rather keep him up our sleeve.
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Eventually, he returned home but there I found my loyalties tested. Now, this Fire Princess, makes Woden look as threatening as one of these non-mutated butterflies. She was clever enough to outsmart adults and take over entire cities our Nation previously thought were impenetrable, she was skilled enough to take on almost entire armies, including the Avatar, the world's most skilled bender, and was pretty much regarded as the Fire Nation's prodigy.
The only reason why she failed in the end is because she miscalculated my loyalty. Me, and my other friend, deserted her and she eventually snapped. Without any of her previous rationality, she lost.
The point is: sometimes it's best to keep people like this close to you, as it's easier to defeat the enemy you know than the enemy you don't.
I hope I do not need your offer, but I'll keep it in mind. Woden has some amazing potential, and it could be put to a lot of good. He just has to be convinced he's being steered in his direction.
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i'm not really good with this sort of thing to be honest. but that other valkyrie, she got hurt because there was nobody to back her up. if he's planning anything then he's probably going to make the same mistake your princess did: he's not going to expect us to be loyal to anyone but him.
and we can probably take him on, even without the powers he wants to give us. if we need to.
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I'm sure even without this suit to launch me across a building, I can still just reduce him to scrap metal in seconds. My combat ability isn't very diverse, but it gets the job done enough.
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[sadly, that callout will have to wait, because... she knows very, very little about Baelish. womp womp.]
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But with his resources, there's not really a lot Woden can do. I haven't told him that I'm Baelish's bodyguard; I'd rather keep him up our sleeve.
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