Lezard shrugged. "For enjoyment, I suppose, if not for the sake of habit or tradition. I myself see little value in tradition for tradition's sake, but occasionally a thing is worth doing for pleasure alone, absent stark necessity — or, it may be, absent of even the most vestigial and slight utility!"
A wry smile, then, for the pumpkin-carving table, and then the smile turned toward Lenneth to share with her his good humor.
"For so long under the yoke of Odin, the life of a valkyrie would be dictated by duty. But as creator and goddess supreme, have you no time for pleasure? To exercise your aesthetic sense, mayhap?"
Well, probably not, since she'd had to go pursue Lezard backward through time. But Lezard hoped to provoke deeper thought than a mere recitation of fact!
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Date: 2011-11-02 12:19 am (UTC)A wry smile, then, for the pumpkin-carving table, and then the smile turned toward Lenneth to share with her his good humor.
"For so long under the yoke of Odin, the life of a valkyrie would be dictated by duty. But as creator and goddess supreme, have you no time for pleasure? To exercise your aesthetic sense, mayhap?"
Well, probably not, since she'd had to go pursue Lezard backward through time. But Lezard hoped to provoke deeper thought than a mere recitation of fact!