I don't doubt that.

( nothing he's seen of alina thusfar suggests someone prone to half-measures.

still, it must be hard for her, feeling so behind. frustrating, too, when they've placed the weight of the war on her shoulders. the future of not only ravka but the grisha themselves. )

I ask much of you because I know you can handle it. That is, I think, what you don't necessarily understand.