( his composure doesn't slip so much as he allows it to drop. nothing she's saying hasn't occurred to him already, playing over and over in his mind.
he's not sure, precisely, what will happen if alina is truly from a different point in time. if, perhaps, there's another alina and another aleksander waiting for them. if there is, well... alina's ravka will not be unguarded. he would be there, hunting her.
he doubts she would be comforted to know that, though. to know just what happens after she escapes the little palace. )
But I can either rage against something that cannot presently be changed or I can use that energy toward more useful. Which do you believe helps us more?
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( his composure doesn't slip so much as he allows it to drop. nothing she's saying hasn't occurred to him already, playing over and over in his mind.
he's not sure, precisely, what will happen if alina is truly from a different point in time. if, perhaps, there's another alina and another aleksander waiting for them. if there is, well... alina's ravka will not be unguarded. he would be there, hunting her.
he doubts she would be comforted to know that, though. to know just what happens after she escapes the little palace. )
But I can either rage against something that cannot presently be changed or I can use that energy toward more useful. Which do you believe helps us more?