Can you breathe now? [ the hand stroking over her back, feeling the boning under her dress, the neat seams. her ribs aren't straining, the words she's speaking are neat, no ragged breathing between them, and while her face is wet where it presses against his tunic, she isn't a mess.
leading to the most important thing: ]
Who did this?
[ gwenaëlle does not cry, she gets angry, she wields her father's estate like a knife because she never knelt. she is orlesian to her bones, even without the mask- he wonders if masks can hide tears, he supposes they must- and who could have brought her so low? ]
no subject
leading to the most important thing: ]
Who did this?
[ gwenaëlle does not cry, she gets angry, she wields her father's estate like a knife because she never knelt. she is orlesian to her bones, even without the mask- he wonders if masks can hide tears, he supposes they must- and who could have brought her so low? ]