Not really, but if your pride demands it, I could fake it for you.
[He snorts a laugh] I'm dead to you, I know. There's really no need to keep mentioning it, however cleverly you try to work it in to the conversation.
[There is a whole different conversation to be had about that, about alternate timelines and how they will not end up in the same world. Aleksander's regret will undo all of them- Nikolai and Alina included.]
And how do you propose to keep her alive. Did the fjerdans lay down their weapons in awe of the two of you? Did the witch hunters stop crossing the border to murder my people while the throne looks away? And how is the trade with Shu Han these days, have they stopped filling up mass graves with Grisha yet?
These have been problems since before I was born, even if you refuse to share it, you must have a plan for them. There is no Fold to stop them anymore. They will come for her, moi tsar, and they will set her on fire to burn her alive, or they will carve her up to see where her Small Science comes from.
Or do you not care, because Ravka will have their demon king and its martyred Sankta Alina.
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[He snorts a laugh] I'm dead to you, I know. There's really no need to keep mentioning it, however cleverly you try to work it in to the conversation.
[There is a whole different conversation to be had about that, about alternate timelines and how they will not end up in the same world. Aleksander's regret will undo all of them- Nikolai and Alina included.]
And how do you propose to keep her alive. Did the fjerdans lay down their weapons in awe of the two of you? Did the witch hunters stop crossing the border to murder my people while the throne looks away? And how is the trade with Shu Han these days, have they stopped filling up mass graves with Grisha yet?
These have been problems since before I was born, even if you refuse to share it, you must have a plan for them. There is no Fold to stop them anymore. They will come for her, moi tsar, and they will set her on fire to burn her alive, or they will carve her up to see where her Small Science comes from.
Or do you not care, because Ravka will have their demon king and its martyred Sankta Alina.