Run away from the only place in the world that allowed me to live as a Grisha? No. [ Nina doesn't smile, but her lips press together in a hard line that curves up, like the curve of a knife. ] No, by the time I'd got there and learned what it was that I could do, I was far more interested in learning enough to make it so people like me wouldn't have to run away.
[ Although she realizes, with a prick of conscience, that this is still true... it is no longer the whole truth. She supposes-- ]
But I suppose I have run away now.
[ And she would have, whether or not she was here. ]
all good!
Run away from the only place in the world that allowed me to live as a Grisha? No. [ Nina doesn't smile, but her lips press together in a hard line that curves up, like the curve of a knife. ] No, by the time I'd got there and learned what it was that I could do, I was far more interested in learning enough to make it so people like me wouldn't have to run away.
[ Although she realizes, with a prick of conscience, that this is still true... it is no longer the whole truth. She supposes-- ]
But I suppose I have run away now.
[ And she would have, whether or not she was here. ]