preborns: ([neutral] are u dumb)
Alia Atreides ([personal profile] preborns) wrote in [personal profile] peasant 2025-01-26 05:38 am (UTC)

[Another of those pauses, lining up the events of the past few days, the brittle sharpness of Alina's retort, putting them in their places and seeing them all at once, all together.]

It's not shocking. You're probably right. Paul is caring and thoughtful that way.
He thinks of your comfort above all.


[The implication: Alia does not. Alia is careless and brute force and thoughtless hands. Alia grew in the same womb, but fed on conniving and cunning and backhanded words instead of love and kindness and gentleness.]

As you wish it.

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