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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Milliardo + Pagan Notes: Challenge 109. Baby Series 3 #95. Takes
place a few minutes after Pagan. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
Do You Think Me A Fool? "Do you think me a fool, Pagan?" "Sir?" He had startled the old man and that was not so easy to do. Pagan was not someone who was easily taken in, or who was unaware of his surroundings. He looked so harmless and that was his power. He looked to be what most thought him to be, the perfect butler in a noble household. It was easy to underestimate a person, to consider them a fool or an idiot, or to simply see them for who you wanted them to be. Those who walked the halls of power at least underestimated Sanc's greatest asset, the old man seated across from him. It was to Sanc's benefit. "Some do, though the general consensus is that I'm a rabid dog who needs putting down before I bite the hand that professes to hold my leash. They are not happy with me and that little by play at Christmas has not helped matters." "You did not request someone commit a political murder within Sanc's borders. You certainly did not condone it and to be honest, sir, your method of resolution was most novel. I am quite sure those who know the true story will never consider you lacking in mental capacity." "We have revealed too much, Pagan. We demonstrated we are more than an inconvenience on the broad playing field. Not only with the murder have we tipped our hand, but in other less public matters. There are those who have the same abilities, the same training and skills at reading a situation and turning it to their advantage. I've opened the door to Britain meddling within Sanc, and there will be others who know of it. Then there is Relena." "The Princess made her own decision." "It will be put down to my bad influence and you know it. She needed to make the break, but it will not be without consequence. There is also Chang." "Master Chang has made his own decisions, sir, you have not influenced him." "I have, and you know it. By being here. By being King I have influenced his thinking." "In that you are a demonstration for the responsibilities bred into a bloodline, yes, you have had an influence. Do you urge him daily to become the Chang? No, Sire, you have not." "I have not discouraged it." "Do you think when he becomes the Chang he will no longer pursue a place in your bed?" "Pagan! We are not discussing my bed." "Perhaps one should bring that topic out of the closet. Sir might stop being a fool and restricting healthy human need. I know you are not ready, Milliardo Peacecraft, but I know one day you will be. Your lady wife has been dead little more than one year; you need time. But you should not close your mind to the possibilities. To do that would be to demonstrate the traits of a fool." ~ * ~ |
