I think the Ravkan people like to know they're not alone in their suffering. That's why we invent the tales we do. I never minded a grim story. Tragedy makes them more realistic.
( for a half-second, she has to stumble into a pause, waylaid by an irrational burst of envy. it stings, if she's honest with herself, enduring paul rubbing salt into old orphan wounds — too innocent and indeliberate to know the pain he's causing, like a child tugging on a cat's tail for the first time.
as she always has, she swallows it down and moves on. )
In the dreams you mentioned? I didn't know they were so tangible. You sounded almost afraid of them, at times. It must've been comforting to have such a peaceful one, for a change.
( not that she would know. she's so happy for you!!! really!!! )
If there's cake at the end of this explanation, I'm interested. We crashed into a lake. Which was more my fault than Nikolai's, really. Then he confessed to me he was a prince, when he'd told me all that time he was just a privateer. So I broke his nose on my fist. It was a very enlightening trip.
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I never minded a grim story. Tragedy makes them more realistic.
( for a half-second, she has to stumble into a pause, waylaid by an irrational burst of envy. it stings, if she's honest with herself, enduring paul rubbing salt into old orphan wounds — too innocent and indeliberate to know the pain he's causing, like a child tugging on a cat's tail for the first time.
as she always has, she swallows it down and moves on. )
In the dreams you mentioned? I didn't know they were so tangible.
You sounded almost afraid of them, at times. It must've been comforting to have such a peaceful one, for a change.
( not that she would know. she's so happy for you!!! really!!! )
If there's cake at the end of this explanation, I'm interested.
We crashed into a lake. Which was more my fault than Nikolai's, really.
Then he confessed to me he was a prince, when he'd told me all that time he was just a privateer.
So I broke his nose on my fist. It was a very enlightening trip.