[ That is not to say there aren't exceptions, but if Alina already senses it, then Zoya has no reason to doubt it. Good for Alina picking up on political scheming, four for you Alina. ]
( ah. the one probing questioning alina doesn't want to bend to answering. )
I trust her with my life. Just not yours. Alia wouldn't harm anyone without reason, unless this place pushed her to do it.
( what's unsaid: the evidence, much as alina would like to turn a blind eye to it, is stacked against alia — and alina no longer has the excuse of the same youth and naivety that had mottled her vision of the darkling. )
You know as I do that power isn't always so easy to control.
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[ That is not to say there aren't exceptions, but if Alina already senses it, then Zoya has no reason to doubt it. Good for Alina picking up on political scheming, four for you Alina. ]
The Atreides girl, what gives you pause?
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I trust her with my life. Just not yours.
Alia wouldn't harm anyone without reason, unless this place pushed her to do it.
( what's unsaid: the evidence, much as alina would like to turn a blind eye to it, is stacked against alia — and alina no longer has the excuse of the same youth and naivety that had mottled her vision of the darkling. )
You know as I do that power isn't always so easy to control.