"Ambition," the King mused. "A good ambition, to make good places." He plucked the crystal projector from her hands, and in his own it lit up brighter than intended. He set it on the floor and slid it a ways, so they could get a good look at the tower of light that it produced. "Still: not quite right."
"You're a small girl who wants to make big things, things to be seen. But you could make so many things! I have seen many with these ambitions, but they don't built beautiful towers, or try to clean the air."
That was what she'd been talking about, right? Something about the air? And the horrible smell? Something like that, he was sure. If she could make the smell of this city Less Bad he'd hire her just for that.
"Here, now," he said, coming around and behind her in much too intimate a way. He gave a passing squint at Bridget, who looked like she'd just scrambled to put something away. He rested his head on Tiffany's shoulder, reaching around to tilt her chin upward toward the tower of light. The tip of one black claw pressed against her skin. He smelled like cinnamon, today. "This thing you would like to make, what is it? When I look at it, I seeā¦ a big tower. Sort of funny looking. Haven't seen a tower like that before! I could sit on that."
"I don't think that's what you saw, though, is it? Of all the things you might offer me, all the things you have to see, you showed me this. Of all the things you might choose to make yourself greater, you chose this. You see greatness in this. Explain it to me, why this is the subject that speaks to you. What's important about it, that only you seem to see?"
"You're a small girl who wants to make big things, things to be seen. But you could make so many things! I have seen many with these ambitions, but they don't built beautiful towers, or try to clean the air."
That was what she'd been talking about, right? Something about the air? And the horrible smell? Something like that, he was sure. If she could make the smell of this city Less Bad he'd hire her just for that.
"Here, now," he said, coming around and behind her in much too intimate a way. He gave a passing squint at Bridget, who looked like she'd just scrambled to put something away. He rested his head on Tiffany's shoulder, reaching around to tilt her chin upward toward the tower of light. The tip of one black claw pressed against her skin. He smelled like cinnamon, today. "This thing you would like to make, what is it? When I look at it, I seeā¦ a big tower. Sort of funny looking. Haven't seen a tower like that before! I could sit on that."
"I don't think that's what you saw, though, is it? Of all the things you might offer me, all the things you have to see, you showed me this. Of all the things you might choose to make yourself greater, you chose this. You see greatness in this. Explain it to me, why this is the subject that speaks to you. What's important about it, that only you seem to see?"
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