If the First Army couldn't corrupt me, I doubt you can.
[ more accurate, she thinks, is that she's not the bastion of modest morality that he makes her sound like when he says gentle young lady. but this will do.
anyway, the army had been a humble life. her life at the little palace had appealed far more than that. it wasn't that she wanted to leave life there behind, to stop being something wonderful, to stop feeling celebrated even if it came with the double-edged sword of being criticized, feared, and heaped with expectations.
but she couldn't. she could not be the sun summoner and stay safe from kirigan, and if she was not safe from kirigan, then ravka could not be safe from him. ]
Anyway, it's not like I idealize a humble life of no renown. It's ... [ she snaps her fingers. ] Do you have martyrs in Ivalice? People who are well-known because they're miserable? I think I'd rather be a farmer than a martyr. And I hate farms.
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[ more accurate, she thinks, is that she's not the bastion of modest morality that he makes her sound like when he says gentle young lady. but this will do.
anyway, the army had been a humble life. her life at the little palace had appealed far more than that. it wasn't that she wanted to leave life there behind, to stop being something wonderful, to stop feeling celebrated even if it came with the double-edged sword of being criticized, feared, and heaped with expectations.
but she couldn't. she could not be the sun summoner and stay safe from kirigan, and if she was not safe from kirigan, then ravka could not be safe from him. ]
Anyway, it's not like I idealize a humble life of no renown. It's ... [ she snaps her fingers. ] Do you have martyrs in Ivalice? People who are well-known because they're miserable? I think I'd rather be a farmer than a martyr. And I hate farms.