shri: (» we will never be bought or sold)
lakshmi· ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴅɪsᴀsᴛᴇʀ · bai ([personal profile] shri) wrote in [community profile] forbarrayar 2017-05-24 01:40 am (UTC)

[ She grips as tightly back, though her gaze stays forward. ]

I cannot believe that, can you?

[ Byerly had called her an optimistic. Spat it like an insult and perhaps he was right too. Because it was true, she was. Fatally so. Determinedly. Her whole body bound to a future she might never see but she would give it gladly for that cause. Until Satya, she had nothing else but faith for it either.

If he could not have that for himself, for his people. She will do it for him.
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