( she isn't going to correct him. it wouldn't do much to help her image, at this point, and she doesn't need to turn her sister into a target. )
Of course you will. Have you fought a proper duel before?
Have you killed before?
It's one thing to threaten, threats do come easy. But to commit the act? And live with it? I couldn't.
( lies, all of it. not only is she living with it, she has drawn it out each and every time, and holds the memories to herself like something precious and endlessly desirable. if she didn't have a cause to go with it, the intensity of the feeling would scare her – but she does, so it's justified, and fine, and a sign of strength and pride and honour, not an unnamed insanity. )
Re: privated ––
Of course you will. Have you fought a proper duel before?
Have you killed before?
It's one thing to threaten, threats do come easy. But to commit the act? And live with it? I couldn't.
( lies, all of it. not only is she living with it, she has drawn it out each and every time, and holds the memories to herself like something precious and endlessly desirable. if she didn't have a cause to go with it, the intensity of the feeling would scare her – but she does, so it's justified, and fine, and a sign of strength and pride and honour, not an unnamed insanity. )
And neither could you.