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[themogget]

[The cat on the screen might be familiar by now. He sits primly with both paws neatly side by side and his tail curled around him, the tip lightly flicking up and down.]

I did wonder what I was doing here at all, to begin with. [He says. The statement has the air of someone continuing an earlier conversation, though he hasn't made many outreaches on the network at all.] Summoned to another world to save a hundred others? I had no care for my own world, let alone this one or anyone else's.

[The bell that usually hangs on his collar - for those who are well-acquainted enough with the feline to notice - is now missing, though the green tear-shaped pendant is still present.]

I cared not a bit for Geardagas, either. The sheer audacity of pulling me about the multiverse like a toy is not something I have ever come to appreciate from these places that seem to 'need' my presence. [But then... Mogget looks thoughtful, as much as a cat is able to make such an expression.]

I wonder if I was too harsh in my evaluations. If multitudes of worlds and the people in them may be worth the effort after all. [His ears twitch.] Even the worst of them, if it means also saving the best, no?

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[pricklybloom]

[ Amy hums softly in thought. ] I don't know. But even if a world is filled where mostly everyone is evil...that doesn't mean it will always stay that way. There's always the possibility that things - that people - can change.

There's always the chance that good can come back into the world, if people let it.

[themogget]

Hm.

[Interesting.]

You have more confidence in the inherent goodness of people than I. [Admittedly he had begun to see the value in people, in the world, in life itself - enough value to act to save it - but Amy's optimism certainly outstrips his.]

Though, I suppose... there is a need for it. [Hmmm.] A little positivity can go a long way, in the right situation.

[pricklybloom]

To be honest, I've seen a lot of both. I've known people who are only in it for themselves, and they don't care who they hurt to get what they want. But I've also known people who will stand up and do what's right, no matter how hard it is. People who will give up everything of themselves for the chance that others can keep living as they are.

And... [ Amy shrugs a little. ] I don't know. Seeing the good side of things can be hard sometimes. But I think that's why it's important to be able to find it.

[themogget]

[Interesting.

Amy isn't to know that Mogget has seen both sides - has been both sides of that equation. He probably doesn't give the impression even now that he really cares about anyone.]

You remind me of someone. [He says then, thoughtfully.] And at one point the comparison would not have been a compliment. But more recently, hm... Yes, you do remind me very much of him.

[pricklybloom]

Oh, well...thank you? [ At least, she can only assume it's meant as a compliment now, if he's saying it wouldn't have been before. ] What was he like?

[themogget]

Sameth. The son of the incumbent Abhorsen and the King of the Old Kingdom.

[His voice does hold a little fondness when he speaks of him. Enough that it's noticeable, which likely says enough about how highly the little cat regards this person.]

He tends to always see the good sides of things, as well. Sometimes to his own detriment.

[pricklybloom]

[ There's something about his tone that Amy can't help but smile at. Honestly, Mogget's manner of speaking like this kind of reminds her of someone too. ]

Yeah, it can cause a bit of trouble sometimes. [ She can't really deny it, but she doesn't regret it. ] Were you two friends, or was he just someone you knew?

[themogget]

Hmph... I have been bound to serve his bloodline for hundreds of years. My association with him was not one I embarked upon by choice.

[He is the Abhorsen's son, and Mogget the Abhorsen's servant... so their crossing paths was bound to happen. That Mogget chose to follow Sameth when he left his home, though..?]

He became someone I did not object to the company of. And the eventual granter of my freedom.

[pricklybloom]

Oh. [ She hadn't expected anything like that. ] I'm glad he eventually was able to free you.

Would you stay in his company after being freed, though?

[themogget]

Hm? I might return, once I'm through with exercising the ability to explore that has been denied to me for almost as long as Sameth's bloodline has existed.

[That's a roundabout way of saying 'yes', and Sameth would not have freed him if he hadn't entirely trusted Mogget's intentions at the time... given that he had already tried to kill the boy's mother twice (at least).]

He freed me as a matter of necessity not one of mercy, in order to contain a great evil. It was a risk, but he had faith that I would not turn on him as I have turned on his mother before.

[pricklybloom]

Oh, I see. [ If she's at all surprised by what Mogget says, she doesn't show it. Honestly, she's worked with people who have betrayed her and her friends before. ]

It sounds like you guys have a...complicated relationship. But I guess if it works for you both. [ There have been stranger ways to make friends. ]

[themogget]

[It's a long story and perhaps it's one that he'll tell her some day. It isn't really a secret, more something that happened so long ago as to be irrelevant to most.]

Complicated would be an understatement. [But again... long story.]

Suffice it to say that stating that you remind me of Sameth is not an insult.

[pricklybloom]

[ She'd definitely be willing to listen if he ever wanted to tell her someday. ]

I believe you. Thanks.