I see. [ It doesn't make her any more inclined towards compliance, but she understands that she can't afford to draw any unwanted attention to herself, especially not now when her position here is so new, so tenuous. There are so many more questions filtering through her awareness, each of them trying to nudge their way to the forefront to make themselves known, but she utters none of them and falls silent instead, for a moment.
He has more advantages than she does, though it would appear that everyone has been affected by this new demand of obeisance, of those marked submissive stepping into their designated roles without resisting — and the dominants as well, to an extent. ] I suppose such an offer comes layered with its own separate meaning, considering the circumstances.
[ Because she cannot help but be aware that an overture such as the one he's making will be tinged with another connotation, now that she has something as technical and habitual as a quota to meet. Assisting her in this acclimation could be interpreted in any variety of ways, and her expression briefly reflects that, a subtle twisting of her mouth and a momentary lightness in her gaze. ]
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He has more advantages than she does, though it would appear that everyone has been affected by this new demand of obeisance, of those marked submissive stepping into their designated roles without resisting — and the dominants as well, to an extent. ] I suppose such an offer comes layered with its own separate meaning, considering the circumstances.
[ Because she cannot help but be aware that an overture such as the one he's making will be tinged with another connotation, now that she has something as technical and habitual as a quota to meet. Assisting her in this acclimation could be interpreted in any variety of ways, and her expression briefly reflects that, a subtle twisting of her mouth and a momentary lightness in her gaze. ]