[ it's not hard to see where nina is going with this — back to winning hearts and minds, of course. alina reaches for a biscuit, nodding her gratitude, even as she seems to continue mulling over the option.
though it has never been her strong suit, she'd be lying if she claimed she were opposed to the idea. it's the same sort of managing other people that she's trying desperately to manage while trapped in proximity with kirigan still, until she can find an opportunity to get away. she can't expect nina to understand that he's a primary driving factor for alina to get out of this base.
again, she tries not to think of what he'd do to the people left behind if she did vanish from it.
maybe nina can help her kill two birds with one stone. she takes a deep breath, as if she were preparing to lift something heavy. ]
How would you go about doing that? Winning someone over. I'm not very good at hiding what I feel. [ she's getting better at it, though. every day. ] And what I feel is trapped.
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though it has never been her strong suit, she'd be lying if she claimed she were opposed to the idea. it's the same sort of managing other people that she's trying desperately to manage while trapped in proximity with kirigan still, until she can find an opportunity to get away. she can't expect nina to understand that he's a primary driving factor for alina to get out of this base.
again, she tries not to think of what he'd do to the people left behind if she did vanish from it.
maybe nina can help her kill two birds with one stone. she takes a deep breath, as if she were preparing to lift something heavy. ]
How would you go about doing that? Winning someone over. I'm not very good at hiding what I feel. [ she's getting better at it, though. every day. ] And what I feel is trapped.