( Whether we agree with them or not. Aye, that was a matter she knew well. When she and Natasha walked each others dreams - if that could be considered a dream and any less than the truly nightmarish - she had been sharply reminded of choices rended from her. So too had she learned that of the other, a matter that had weighed on her since. They knew so much of each other while, in the same moment, knowing nothing at all. Carefully, as though it were some fragile ornament and not simply a thought, an abstract, Herian wraps the matter up to be set aside, gentle reverence demanding it be given its own time and not considered too lightly or fleetingly in the midst of other matters.
And still there was the matter of this place for consideration. By virtue of nothing at all, Miss Ives was marked by a line down her throat, where Herian was not. Society seemed to hold very different a meaning to many here, but she was raised in such a structure, rank and birth had mattered. She was a knight now, true, though it was the poorest slums that held her origins. Miss Ives was clearly a woman of nobility, and yet it is she who bares the mark to limit her?
For all that she keeps her expression carefully trained and even, the shift in mood is still, perhaps, apparent. )
Are you one inclined to obey, or defy?
( It may be overstepping. It could be flirtation, in their strange way, but there is a focus to how she asks, a watchfulness in considering Miss Ives reaction, her response, how she holds herself. )
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And still there was the matter of this place for consideration. By virtue of nothing at all, Miss Ives was marked by a line down her throat, where Herian was not. Society seemed to hold very different a meaning to many here, but she was raised in such a structure, rank and birth had mattered. She was a knight now, true, though it was the poorest slums that held her origins. Miss Ives was clearly a woman of nobility, and yet it is she who bares the mark to limit her?
For all that she keeps her expression carefully trained and even, the shift in mood is still, perhaps, apparent. )
Are you one inclined to obey, or defy?
( It may be overstepping. It could be flirtation, in their strange way, but there is a focus to how she asks, a watchfulness in considering Miss Ives reaction, her response, how she holds herself. )