there's no good and evil; only power

Trafalgar Law

Taken by: Mere.

"Oh, thank you." Izzy blinked in surprise from the sudden advice. She hadn’t expected that from the older man. "Well, I was just looking to see if anyone would come to lunch with me at Louis’ and I thought of Ana first." At his offer, Izzy hesitated to think. "No, I don’t want you to join me if you’ve got other plans or feel like you have to. I’d rather not be a hinder. You don’t have to do anything with me if you don’t want to." 

Hayden smiled lightly at her surprised tone, but if he had to be honest the one thing he could not stand was smart people thinking they were not important. There was potential in Drizella, she just didn't know it yet. "I'm a lawyer my lady, people don't tend to do plans with me" he joked, "like I said, if you want my company I'll be happy to join you." He reached for the drawer on his right and fished out the tie he had discarded earlier when he felt like suffocating, holding it up so she can see it he said, "besides I'm always ready for Louis'."

"To answer your question, yes, I was there.  I was actually in London when the Germans were bombing." she read down the paper, tsking as she read, "Trying to expand the number of university students without having enough professors.  Hm.  British destroyers damaged by Albanian water mines?  What on earth were they doing in Albania?"

"I imagine it was quite the experience..." was all he could say to her. "I believe the words 'testing Albania reaction to innocent passage' were mentioned in an Australian journal, but who know right?" he commented before realizing she never asked for his opinion. "I'm Hayden Von Milner by the way..." he said with a smile.   

"What’s wrong is that I can’t go hunting in the woods because of that stupid murderer. I need a smoke." He dug through his pockets for his pack, noticeably irritable.

"I know... the amount of problems that little incident brought for all of us. Court is a nightmare, everyone wants justice. How is guard duty going? With the increase in patrols and all that fun stuff..." 

"Oh, I’ll pass along those regards.  Kyle is back to his knight-in-training duties.  He pushes himself, but that’s just him."

"Thank you. I don't know Kyle personally, but I heard Captain Faith and Ser Diver talk in his defense, a kid with a brilliant future. I still don't understand what lead him to behave the way he did. I'm glad he's getting back to his duties." 

"Yes, you are right, Hayden." Melissa brushed her hair out of her face with a slight smile. "Though I usually spend my time at Swan Lake or a quieter part of Wonderland Park for inspiration. I love the serene atmosphere at Swan Lake and it usually does the trick of inspiring me again." She turned her attention to him at his words. "Yes, I’m sure they are." She laughed at being told she was good with people. She was definitely far from good with people. “Trust me Hayden, I’m not good with people at all. I myself have a short temper. It’s really all about control and intimidation and proper analyzation of the person you’re dealing with and the situation. Figure out those key concepts and I’m sure you’ll be as good with people as I am.” 

"Uhmm the lake..." he cocked his head to the side, "I don't think I'll ever think of looking for you at the lake... but I can see you there now, looking for inspiration." He gave her a small laugh, "well at least you look good when you lose your temper, people still like to be around you even if you are intimidating. And your clients chose you, mine sometimes don't get a choice, and don't even let me start on the times I have to the prosecutions..." he joked, he almost always was able to mask his emotions, but at the end of the day he was ready to explode, there was only so much smiling at insignificant people one could take before going crazy. But with Melissa it was different, he felt as if he could talk to her more freely, to let her see the side of him that was not charming and polite all the time. "I might need to take lessons from you then" he told her in a playful tone. 

"Or maybe I'll just have one..."

Well anyways, do you think you can do the engraving? Or should I take it to the Bradshaws? 

"Oh, Mr. Von Milner. Where are my manners?"

"That was quite the fall..."

"Oh please my lady, I have yet to see your work, but I'm sure they weren't rumors" he said with a smile as they resumed their walk, "well art is definitely something that will kept you busy. What else do you enjoy doing?" Hayden asked trying to move the conversation away from topics they no longer wished to discuss. 

"Ke—Mr. Edgar is well.  Business is continuing as usual and on schedule." and he hasn’t taken any time to actually spend quality time with Kyle.

"I'm glad to hear that, give him my regards please. And how's you umm brother doing...?"

"You’re blocking my light."

"I'm sorry miss, I didn't realize anyone was sitting there."

"MY OFFICE IS NOT A PLAYGROUND!"

"Whatever happened to make you so angry?"

Yeah its mine, when did I drop this? Thank you for returning it.