( the thing is, alia's not very good at it, and alina isn't willing to be for her what baghra was for alina: sharp-handed with discipline, gruelingly unforgiving in her teachings. unethical, one might say, if not for the results she'd gotten. if not for the reasons she'd pushed alina too fast, too far, too hard, expecting her to run before she'd ever learned to walk or crawl with her power. )
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( the thing is, alia's not very good at it, and alina isn't willing to be for her what baghra was for alina: sharp-handed with discipline, gruelingly unforgiving in her teachings. unethical, one might say, if not for the results she'd gotten. if not for the reasons she'd pushed alina too fast, too far, too hard, expecting her to run before she'd ever learned to walk or crawl with her power. )
In theory.
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