Well... It's not exactly the ringing endorsement Peridot was hoping for...
She grumbles wordlessly for a moment, deep in thought.
"Technically, he does have 'illusions'," she says finally. "Said illusions being that he is nothing more than a prisoner of war here, when the Ringmaster never really saw it that way, or wanted it interpreted as such. She separated him from his heart to protect the rest of us, so he could have the time to be exposed to our ways and see that his assumptions were incorrect."
"After the whole incident at the Athenaeum, I had the chance to speak to her while she was still deciding how to handle containing him. At the time she said she hoped that he'd see the truth by spending time among our population... I don't know if he's reached that point yet, but. It seems like he's at least getting close. And if he's supposed to learn from us 'mortals'--" she uses the air quotes here because she definitely DOES NOT see herself as such, but, fae terminology-- "I think it would be going against what the Ringmaster is trying to accomplish, to arrange the return of his powers like a fae would."
She shrugs. "Perhaps to put things more succinctly: The most important thing is that I'm pretty confident he isn't going to immediately incinerate the lot of us if he gets the heart back."
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She grumbles wordlessly for a moment, deep in thought.
"Technically, he does have 'illusions'," she says finally. "Said illusions being that he is nothing more than a prisoner of war here, when the Ringmaster never really saw it that way, or wanted it interpreted as such. She separated him from his heart to protect the rest of us, so he could have the time to be exposed to our ways and see that his assumptions were incorrect."
"After the whole incident at the Athenaeum, I had the chance to speak to her while she was still deciding how to handle containing him. At the time she said she hoped that he'd see the truth by spending time among our population... I don't know if he's reached that point yet, but. It seems like he's at least getting close. And if he's supposed to learn from us 'mortals'--" she uses the air quotes here because she definitely DOES NOT see herself as such, but, fae terminology-- "I think it would be going against what the Ringmaster is trying to accomplish, to arrange the return of his powers like a fae would."
She shrugs. "Perhaps to put things more succinctly: The most important thing is that I'm pretty confident he isn't going to immediately incinerate the lot of us if he gets the heart back."