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[unapparent]

[ in all her brazenness, alina reminds her of rhaenyra. she feels a faint flicker of envy, over the ability to speak so freely.

and in the world of alina’s words, is she not the sweet traitor? ]

I shall have to seek out your honest company, then. It has been too long since anyone spoke to me as myself.

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[peasant]

So long as you don't call for my head.

( haha ... just kidding ... only — alina has rarely known a noble whose smile wasn't a cutthroat blade, whose pride hasn't unbalanced the head on their shoulders. )

I don't envy you. It sounds like a lonely way to live.

[unapparent]

[ no comment, from the queen of an eye for an eye. ]

It can be. [ because she can’t admit that it is, not here. ] I suppose I know no any other way to compare it to, but I should like to learn.

[peasant]

Loneliness is the one thing that isn't exclusive to ladies and lords, I'm afraid.

( the implication, therein: alina is far too familiar with it. her eldest friend, outlasting even mal's companionship. )

But you'll find good company here. Or at least less knives that want to stab you in the back.

[unapparent]

That is most encouraging. I hope I can repay such kindness.

[ she’ll believe it when she sees it. ]