[Don’t look at her like that, Takame! It’s...well, it’s complicated. At least, it’s easier if she tells herself it is.]
The raid on the Waking Sands, it was brutal, you know? Before that, I didn’t know what the Empire was capable of. And after I was afraid they would track them down. To get to me.
[She pulls at the blankets and begins twisting them. Who was the last person she told this to?]
The Empire now isn’t the same threat it was then. But it’s been so long, I’m not sure what to say.
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[For someone like Takame whose tone rarely shifted, the tiniest way he raised his voice here was practically deafening.]
Rose...
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The raid on the Waking Sands, it was brutal, you know? Before that, I didn’t know what the Empire was capable of. And after I was afraid they would track them down. To get to me.
[She pulls at the blankets and begins twisting them. Who was the last person she told this to?]
The Empire now isn’t the same threat it was then. But it’s been so long, I’m not sure what to say.