[He would have spared such looks for anyone. She is not immune to them now, even if their newest interaction makes it a less likely prospect than before.
His smile is gentle, as always.]
You're assuming I'd hate you for throwing me into the ocean. That's not an unreasonable thought.
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His smile is gentle, as always.]
You're assuming I'd hate you for throwing me into the ocean. That's not an unreasonable thought.
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Spared for another day.
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[Not that he wants it to happen again MIND YOU.]
You worry often about what people think of you?
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[ and, having been discredited, expelled, ostracized... what people make of her is possibly the most important thing in her life now ]
Your mind will only get you so far if no one else will listen to you.
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That sounds tiresome. I'm not nobility and I never was, but many things in my world are the same. So much importance placed on appearances.
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[ girl it's not in EVERYONE'S nature. ]
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No. It isn't. That is something taught to you by the world. Putting on a mask of a stranger just to get by.
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[ even difficult, even angry, even vengeful to the point of insanity ]
I worked very hard to become her.
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Good. I wouldn’t have you any other way. Even at the expense of all your soirées and high teas.
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I would be far poorer dancer.
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That I have to learn to be much, much subtler than I am.
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It takes practice. Even for me, it did.
[Which means they’ll have to try it again sometime.]
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Oh. Polite man.
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