[ saints, she can't even figure out what she feels the honest answer is, let alone the one that's right to maintain this illusion she's built. she doesn't even stop to consider whether she can trust balthier with this. she knows she can't trust anyone. ]
But the Grisha are only united by having nowhere else to go. That's not Kirigan's fault. [ the words feel strange in her mouth. making excuses for him. it should ring false — he created the Fold, and so many people hate and fear Grisha precisely because of the Fold. but Grisha were hated and feared before it, too. all through history. so it's strange to realize that it's not entirely false. ] Anyway, that's politics for you.
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[ saints, she can't even figure out what she feels the honest answer is, let alone the one that's right to maintain this illusion she's built. she doesn't even stop to consider whether she can trust balthier with this. she knows she can't trust anyone. ]
But the Grisha are only united by having nowhere else to go. That's not Kirigan's fault. [ the words feel strange in her mouth. making excuses for him. it should ring false — he created the Fold, and so many people hate and fear Grisha precisely because of the Fold. but Grisha were hated and feared before it, too. all through history. so it's strange to realize that it's not entirely false. ] Anyway, that's politics for you.