You don't have to say that. It was so long ago that I barely remember what life was like before the orphanage.
( not strictly true, skilled as she has gotten at compartmentalizing her life into branching sections: before the sun summoner and after alina starkov died, replaced by someone (something) greater than herself. still. alicent's pity is all perceptive fingers, targeting a scab alina has avoiding picking at; easier to gently bat her hand away, than to let the other woman continue scratching up against it. )
I'm not special for that. Ravka's war has made orphans out of most of its children.
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It was so long ago that I barely remember what life was like before the orphanage.
( not strictly true, skilled as she has gotten at compartmentalizing her life into branching sections: before the sun summoner and after alina starkov died, replaced by someone (something) greater than herself. still. alicent's pity is all perceptive fingers, targeting a scab alina has avoiding picking at; easier to gently bat her hand away, than to let the other woman continue scratching up against it. )
I'm not special for that.
Ravka's war has made orphans out of most of its children.