( her answering smile is wry. picking and choosing her battles is what lead her to the emprine's death, in the long run. it took nearly a decade, but she still considers it to have been an action of worth.
(she's concerned, of course, about how things will play out in the aftermath. but the white iris had managed to either install trusted people in the vandian government or sway others to their side such that the power vacuum shouldn't devastate sal amast any more than it has already been. if only she were there and not here... but she can't hold to hope.) )
I'm sorry you're separated from them, though I imagine you're grateful not to have them here.
( the idea of having nehir or jaskan here, or even her aunt zubaia... perish the thought. )
Did you raise cattle, then? Or was it more an agricultural farm?
( they've hardly had the time to have an idle chat. she knows very little of dolores, and her interest is evident in the way she is leaning slightly forward, fingers tracing absently along the line of her collarbone where it terminates in the amputation. )
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Date: 2020-10-01 08:40 pm (UTC)(she's concerned, of course, about how things will play out in the aftermath. but the white iris had managed to either install trusted people in the vandian government or sway others to their side such that the power vacuum shouldn't devastate sal amast any more than it has already been. if only she were there and not here... but she can't hold to hope.) )
I'm sorry you're separated from them, though I imagine you're grateful not to have them here.
( the idea of having nehir or jaskan here, or even her aunt zubaia... perish the thought. )
Did you raise cattle, then? Or was it more an agricultural farm?
( they've hardly had the time to have an idle chat. she knows very little of dolores, and her interest is evident in the way she is leaning slightly forward, fingers tracing absently along the line of her collarbone where it terminates in the amputation. )