Would you like to ask Baghra what kind of Grisha she is? [ But that's not a real answer, is it. What Alina's asking are the kinds of questions that come with a different perspective - exposure to a different life. When most Grisha are brought to the Little Palace, they're young, so young. They're told 'this is the way it is' and that is the way it is, simply because they are told so. That had been the case with Nina.
Or it had been, until she'd gone out into the world. And while much of what she'd learned in the Little Palace had proved painfully true, there were other things about it that...
...well, it had been easy to convince Arken of her sincerity about her distaste for Grisha conscriptions. Why should their existence be dependent upon their lifetime servitude to the crown? Nina had learned there were few things more terrifying and effective than an insightful question and she recognizes in her instinctive deflection that it's something that means she should look closer.
Her brow furrows, lips pursing slightly. ]
...no, you do make a good point. It is strange that one person would have so much knowledge of all three branches of the Small Science.
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Or it had been, until she'd gone out into the world. And while much of what she'd learned in the Little Palace had proved painfully true, there were other things about it that...
...well, it had been easy to convince Arken of her sincerity about her distaste for Grisha conscriptions. Why should their existence be dependent upon their lifetime servitude to the crown? Nina had learned there were few things more terrifying and effective than an insightful question and she recognizes in her instinctive deflection that it's something that means she should look closer.
Her brow furrows, lips pursing slightly. ]
...no, you do make a good point. It is strange that one person would have so much knowledge of all three branches of the Small Science.