[The pause between words is calculated, eyebrow going up as he stares at the man. Lips twitching with a small smile as the words keep coming.]
The ritual in my world are nothing like this, I'm afraid. A lot of the time, it's for practical reasons, and for anyone with station near the throne, it's political. Asking in public is not done at all, but the announcements are, of course, a matter of public record.
[For the otkazat'sya. Grisha were held to a different standard, most thinking that they tumbled indiscriminately and stole children from unlocked houses.
Prejudice and lies, all done in the name of keeping them ground down in to the dirt and treated as such.
But they had their own traditions, their own vows of affection and words of devotion. The face they have seen in the Making at the Heart of the world.] I saw something like this is what is called a movie.
[Sidestepping any mentioning of the other half to his whole.]
no subject
[The pause between words is calculated, eyebrow going up as he stares at the man. Lips twitching with a small smile as the words keep coming.]
The ritual in my world are nothing like this, I'm afraid. A lot of the time, it's for practical reasons, and for anyone with station near the throne, it's political. Asking in public is not done at all, but the announcements are, of course, a matter of public record.
[For the otkazat'sya. Grisha were held to a different standard, most thinking that they tumbled indiscriminately and stole children from unlocked houses.
Prejudice and lies, all done in the name of keeping them ground down in to the dirt and treated as such.
But they had their own traditions, their own vows of affection and words of devotion. The face they have seen in the Making at the Heart of the world.] I saw something like this is what is called a movie.
[Sidestepping any mentioning of the other half to his whole.]