That isn't true. Alina spoke to me, and she would not be so hurt, if she did not love you, still.
[ She gently leans down to tilt Ianthe's face up to her. ]
Do not let Iggy's death be free. You paid for it with his life. You are owed it. If she does not keep her word, you remember it. But do not trust her. [ She kisses Ianthe firmly, not as a romantic gesture, not in missing, but as a seal to mean her words. That she does not hate her, but she wants her to listen. ] You do not want power, because you know like I do, that it is agony. Only fools want the throne. It is a noose. It chokes, consumes, breaks you down.
And worst of all, it gives you a sickness in your mind. Because even knowing that to be true, you know there is always someone who wants it more, who thinks they can rule better, but the only way out of your noose is death. So even if you do not want it, I am sure of it: she is afraid of it, and she is afraid of your desires and if the horror in my heart is right, she will lead you about on this quest as long as she has too. Always enough to hope, never enough to sate.
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[ She gently leans down to tilt Ianthe's face up to her. ]
Do not let Iggy's death be free. You paid for it with his life. You are owed it. If she does not keep her word, you remember it. But do not trust her. [ She kisses Ianthe firmly, not as a romantic gesture, not in missing, but as a seal to mean her words. That she does not hate her, but she wants her to listen. ] You do not want power, because you know like I do, that it is agony. Only fools want the throne. It is a noose. It chokes, consumes, breaks you down.
And worst of all, it gives you a sickness in your mind. Because even knowing that to be true, you know there is always someone who wants it more, who thinks they can rule better, but the only way out of your noose is death. So even if you do not want it, I am sure of it: she is afraid of it, and she is afraid of your desires and if the horror in my heart is right, she will lead you about on this quest as long as she has too. Always enough to hope, never enough to sate.