[ The sudden switch is jarring, and it brings a small hit of dread that had been put away since they shared their sandwich. But, she remembers, Mordred was like this when they first met. Gray was prepared to potentially fight her former allies, but no amount of mental preparedness could completely fend off the spike of hurt that pinches her now.
But again, she has no choice. Better that she's crushed in battle than that Eustace be subjected to the Regent's "re-education." She packs her small convictions into steel. ]
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Date: 2022-09-10 04:02 pm (UTC)But again, she has no choice. Better that she's crushed in battle than that Eustace be subjected to the Regent's "re-education." She packs her small convictions into steel. ]
You can try. I won't lose.
[ She can't. She won't. ]