Hums a second, before she picks the place to begin. Nobility, their customs, true these are most definitely no lords of her home, and they're a little too comfortable with their own bloodshed for the worst of Victoria's Lords, with their petty false hisses. A mess of bureaucracy and lies.
No, these men were much different to that, better and worse because of it in ways she doesn't know completely yet, but most of the rules still applied the same. "Everything here is about who you know, and who you answer to." Licks her lips against the cold as she continues. "At the moment, we are strangers to them, it means they'll give us our space out of distrust alone." It won't last though, she knows, as they integrate themselves further, as this war goes on. "Eventually however, that won't be enough."
A pause, as others pass them, watching them carefully as she takes her breath. "Unfortunately, you are an unmarried young girl, and orphaned no less. I would not suggest joking about it again near them. It doesn't put you in a particularly good... position. It's ridiculous and foolish, I know, but in such cases, it matters who you belong to especially. A woman is only worth what her family values her as."
Waits, watching her face. It's nothing pleasant to hear, she knows. "Do you follow so far?"
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Hums a second, before she picks the place to begin. Nobility, their customs, true these are most definitely no lords of her home, and they're a little too comfortable with their own bloodshed for the worst of Victoria's Lords, with their petty false hisses. A mess of bureaucracy and lies.
No, these men were much different to that, better and worse because of it in ways she doesn't know completely yet, but most of the rules still applied the same. "Everything here is about who you know, and who you answer to." Licks her lips against the cold as she continues. "At the moment, we are strangers to them, it means they'll give us our space out of distrust alone." It won't last though, she knows, as they integrate themselves further, as this war goes on. "Eventually however, that won't be enough."
A pause, as others pass them, watching them carefully as she takes her breath. "Unfortunately, you are an unmarried young girl, and orphaned no less. I would not suggest joking about it again near them. It doesn't put you in a particularly good... position. It's ridiculous and foolish, I know, but in such cases, it matters who you belong to especially. A woman is only worth what her family values her as."
Waits, watching her face. It's nothing pleasant to hear, she knows. "Do you follow so far?"