[ that moment when you don't know if your general is proposing regicide or an unexpected nighttime dalliance. ]
are the little creatures we're meant to wrangle tomorrow so dangerous? they look like things burgos would cook and serve to us at sea. i'm sure they're delicious with the right amount of butter.
nazyalensky. i was at sea for years. do you really think i'm incapable of wrangling a woman, grisha or not? i'm not in the habit of leaving anyone unsatisfied.
In your travels across the seas did you meet many young women who want to devoured? I didn't know you had taken up cannibalism as one of your proclivities.
all saints, zoya. you could've delivered a missive to warn me that enough time had passed that we're allowed to joke about that unfortunate little blip that i wasn't entirely human. i would've written up something myself.
[ Zoya is smart, and it's not as if this is entirely unprecedented. Alina isn't running around with white hair. The Darkling no longer shares corporeal quarters with a monk. Why would Nikolai have any reason to have walked the same journey with her?
She is alone with herself. A fresh start to avoid mistakes, another hidden regret to untangle herself from. It is better this way.
Her reply is delayed. Perhaps it won't happen. Her own abilities are muted. Maybe for as long as they are on the ship, the demon will also sleep. Maybe she can give parts of the truth. The pieces that are needed. In reality a softening of the blow for herself, but don't expect her to admit that. ]
Caution. Monsters are not always so easily contained. Especially when their masters are nearby.
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are the little creatures we're meant to wrangle tomorrow so dangerous? they look like things burgos would cook and serve to us at sea. i'm sure they're delicious with the right amount of butter.
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i'm so sorry
nazyalensky. i was at sea for years. do you really think i'm incapable of wrangling a woman, grisha or not? i'm not in the habit of leaving anyone unsatisfied.
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Denial is an odd look on you. Usually you wrap it up in unearned optimism and overeager confidence.
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i just didn't expect you to bring this up. no one has, since.
it's not very interesting to talk about. i don't remember much. why now?
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She is alone with herself. A fresh start to avoid mistakes, another hidden regret to untangle herself from. It is better this way.
Her reply is delayed. Perhaps it won't happen. Her own abilities are muted. Maybe for as long as they are on the ship, the demon will also sleep. Maybe she can give parts of the truth. The pieces that are needed. In reality a softening of the blow for herself, but don't expect her to admit that. ]
Caution.
Monsters are not always so easily contained.
Especially when their masters are nearby.