[ alina is there in the showers, clutching her hand to her chest. the strange mark that she'd woken up with is there, and it's not scrubbing away — not that three minutes was any kind of substantial time to scrub away anything.
a fleeting sense of recognition passes through her eyes. nina had been there, hadn't she? on the lakeshore, last night. and in the water. they'd paddled together, alina floating on her back, looking at the sky.
but it wasn't real. no more than the stag was. baghra's words returned to her, pressing, and she takes a wary stab. alina starkov, orphan from keramzin, cartographer, would have asked permission to question first. but she's been weeks in the little palace, and nina is grisha. so instead it comes right out. ]
I'm glad to run into you, actually. Are Grisha often given to strange dreams?
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[ alina is there in the showers, clutching her hand to her chest. the strange mark that she'd woken up with is there, and it's not scrubbing away — not that three minutes was any kind of substantial time to scrub away anything.
a fleeting sense of recognition passes through her eyes. nina had been there, hadn't she? on the lakeshore, last night. and in the water. they'd paddled together, alina floating on her back, looking at the sky.
but it wasn't real. no more than the stag was. baghra's words returned to her, pressing, and she takes a wary stab. alina starkov, orphan from keramzin, cartographer, would have asked permission to question first. but she's been weeks in the little palace, and nina is grisha. so instead it comes right out. ]
I'm glad to run into you, actually. Are Grisha often given to strange dreams?