[ a smile breaks out on alina's face like sun peeking from behind clouds. full and bright and genuine. it's hard not to. despite the grim subject matter, nina has offered her something she's always wanted. it doesn't stop feeling good just because it's complex, just because she has a hard time accepting it. ]
Thank you.
[ it's the kind of affirmation that makes her want to set everything else aside and worry only about chasing more of that feeling. alina could escape into a kind of life where she belonged. but that precise thinking had been what got her into trouble that baghra had tried to sneak her out of (or murder her, she wasn't quite sure yet which). so though she wants to set everything else aside, alina does not squander the chance to prod at that explanation. ]
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Thank you.
[ it's the kind of affirmation that makes her want to set everything else aside and worry only about chasing more of that feeling. alina could escape into a kind of life where she belonged. but that precise thinking had been what got her into trouble that baghra had tried to sneak her out of (or murder her, she wasn't quite sure yet which). so though she wants to set everything else aside, alina does not squander the chance to prod at that explanation. ]
... The King's tools? Or the General's?