What Is The Difference Between Darcy And Guinevere

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The women spent most of their day cooped up in Darcy’s room, deep in conversation. Darcy listened intently as Guinevere told miraculous tales of the Knights’ assignments and victories. She spoke of how brave the knights were, fighting heroically in countless of battles against enchanting and miraculous beasts. Darcy asked all sorts of questions, ranging from what type of person each knight was, to how she came to be here. She had learned from Guinevere that Arthur was kind and generous when the mood struck him. Otherwise, he was quite irritable at best and kept to himself throughout most of the days. Percival was the polite one of the group. He never uttered a bad word about anyone nor argued about trivial things like most of them did. No one really knew anything about Galahad, apart from the fact that he was needlessly violent in most circumstances. …show more content…
What’s he like?” Darcy asked. She sat on the bed next to Guinevere, her legs folded with her elbows resting on her knees. Guinevere gave a short laugh. “Don’t let Lancelot catch you calling him that.” She jokingly raised her finger as a warning. “Only Percy is allowed to.” “Why is that?” Darcy laughed. “No one knows.” Guinevere smiled and tapped her chin in thought. “I don’t really know much about Lancelot. He keeps to himself; looked like a thunder cloud lately.” “Oh?” “Extremely short-tempered. Yesterday, when I brought him something to eat, he nearly threw it back at me.” Darcy frowned at that. “Would that be considered normal?” Darcy asked. “No, not at all. He never acted that way before.” Strange. They remained silent for a few seconds, each seeming to be deep in thought. Darcy wondered why Lancelot would become so angry, but decided that it was none of her business. “What about Merlin?” Guinevere’s head shot up at the name. “What about him? He’s … I don’t know; way too arrogant.” Darcy

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