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[It's been a very long morning.

A shelf had collapsed in the kitchen, one of the newer servants had left a hallway slick and dangerous after using far too much water to scrub the floor, and she still has to take the laundry downstairs. She was late to help Morgana dress two minutes ago.

So she's rushing as she turns the corner, walking too fast with a stack of laundry too high to see properly. It's really a recipe for running into someone.

Frustrated and flustered, she immediately crouches to gather up the laundry without registering who exactly it was she collided with.]

Sorry, sorry, excuse me.

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[He...Honestly can't say that's ever happened to him before. While he's gotten used to thinking of most servants like tapestry, part of the scenery of the castle, they don't think of him the same way. Viewing them as a background just makes it easier to know they're hyper aware of his every move. Sometimes they hover just out of reach, in case he wants something.

Being collided with in battle to avoid a hit, or just in the heat of things is something else entirely. So it's with a little surprise, and a little bit of amusement that he just tries to brush it off.

And do something he wouldn't normally, which is to bend down to help, though he's making a rather sloppy job of it]

Of course.

[She falters a little when the full reality of what's just happened sinks in.

Today is just not getting any better.]

No, no, that's--.... Please, sire, it's all right, I can get it.

[He snorts out, a little amused]

I'm capable of picking up a few pieces of linen, Guinevere. I'm hardly a cripple.

[JUST LET HIM HELP, WOMAN]

-- Of course not, sire. [She relents, watching a little uncertainly. She's definitely going to have to refold some of this.] Ah, thank you.

[When he finishes gathering them, he straightens up and holds them out to her with a slight smile]

You are quite welcome. It was after all, in part my doing.

[She takes them from him carefully, and allows herself to smile back, a little self-deprecating.]

I hardly think that's true. I should have been watching more closely.

[Oh Gwen, just because he's arrogant doesn't mean he doesn't know he can fuck up, and especially over something so small. Doesn't do much to his pride to admit this, silly]

You needn't take all the blame yourself. Especially now that I've created more work for you.

[I mean you are going to wash them again right? THEY WERE ON THE FLOOR]

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