[ Like a horse, she puts him through his paces, if only because it's a novelty to see what he might say ( or so she insists to herself, not lingering of the thought of his low murmur in close ). Whether she's considering him seriously or not. In truth, she isn't quite sure what to do with being so... obviously pursued. She had been married young, raised to her husband's household, and then - it was literally the least important thing in the world.
( Galahad, her mind supplies, Galahad perhaps - )
No, she wasn't thinking about such matters, not here. Not now. ] I know my worth enough to know that it seldom makes men honest. [ her laugh, dry, she's never been pursued, but she had watched the ladies of her court. Heard it enough times though, the crass words of the English when they marched into her court, jeering at a woman they thought lesser, tucked away behind her veils. ]
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[ Like a horse, she puts him through his paces, if only because it's a novelty to see what he might say ( or so she insists to herself, not lingering of the thought of his low murmur in close ). Whether she's considering him seriously or not. In truth, she isn't quite sure what to do with being so... obviously pursued. She had been married young, raised to her husband's household, and then - it was literally the least important thing in the world.
( Galahad, her mind supplies, Galahad perhaps - )
No, she wasn't thinking about such matters, not here. Not now. ] I know my worth enough to know that it seldom makes men honest. [ her laugh, dry, she's never been pursued, but she had watched the ladies of her court. Heard it enough times though, the crass words of the English when they marched into her court, jeering at a woman they thought lesser, tucked away behind her veils. ]