"I put off speaking because I believed that I should."
Dimly, in a far corner of her memory, she can almost see the words that she had once written in a letter.
I have put this off because I knew that I must, and now there is little time...
A slight sigh escapes her.
"I suppose that I should not be surprised, that you have perceived it so. Indeed, I can see how you would. And I suppose that I have done crueler things, as it happens, when there was need enough. I have always been as hard as I have had to be."
She smooths her hand along the lines of her skirt, and shifts slightly, prepared to stand.
"But no. I did not speak out of convenience, nor to seek such advantage. Light blind and burn me, if I were to have done such a thing in this instance."
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Date: 2012-07-21 11:20 pm (UTC)Dimly, in a far corner of her memory, she can almost see the words that she had once written in a letter.
I have put this off because I knew that I must, and now there is little time...
A slight sigh escapes her.
"I suppose that I should not be surprised, that you have perceived it so. Indeed, I can see how you would. And I suppose that I have done crueler things, as it happens, when there was need enough. I have always been as hard as I have had to be."
She smooths her hand along the lines of her skirt, and shifts slightly, prepared to stand.
"But no. I did not speak out of convenience, nor to seek such advantage. Light blind and burn me, if I were to have done such a thing in this instance."
For all their sakes.