It is an honor. But it is… not something I ever expected to have.
[She had been born into slavery- no, even worse, she had been created expressly to be born into that, and she had never imagined any rank for herself beyond overseer or warriorvalued slave. So… it is complicated.
But…]
It is better, though… is it not?
[She seems distinctly uncomfortable asking this, but… Who else is she going to? Liem is the only one she ever told on purpose, before so much just came out in the broadcast-]
Claude von Riegan… is titled.
[… Well, he’s an entire king apparently, but, that’s still a secret maybe, so. Titled. Highly… titled… So- She should be relieved, shouldn’t she? That maybe now… it is less scandalous for him? (No, not him, he never- for… for the sensibilities of his countrymen? Except no, it’s not like she ever realistically thought that-)
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[She had been born into slavery- no, even worse, she had been created expressly to be born into that, and she had never imagined any rank for herself beyond overseer or
warriorvalued slave. So… it is complicated.But…]
It is better, though… is it not?
[She seems distinctly uncomfortable asking this, but… Who else is she going to? Liem is the only one she ever told on purpose, before so much just came out in the broadcast-]
Claude von Riegan… is titled.
[… Well, he’s an entire king apparently, but, that’s still a secret maybe, so. Titled. Highly… titled… So- She should be relieved, shouldn’t she? That maybe now… it is less scandalous for him? (No, not him, he never- for… for the sensibilities of his countrymen? Except no, it’s not like she ever realistically thought that-)
… It’s complicated!!!]