I know. [ she rasps out the words. the faux gentleness in her approach has gone away with her patience, with her distance from this matter. he has ripped it from her as surely as she has stolen his freedom from him. ] Because of the Supreme Leader, I don't have to do anything I don't want to.
[ except follow his orders, whispers a traitorous voice in her mind. it is that voice which stops her from closing her grip around his windpipe again. she's surprised by the falter. by the fact that it seems almost as if she physically cannot do it.
she shakes away the thought like a distraction, though it's clear in her face that it perturbs her on a deeper level. ]
I want to.
[ this is a lie. and it makes her bones and her ears ring to recognize it as such. ]
no subject
[ except follow his orders, whispers a traitorous voice in her mind. it is that voice which stops her from closing her grip around his windpipe again. she's surprised by the falter. by the fact that it seems almost as if she physically cannot do it.
she shakes away the thought like a distraction, though it's clear in her face that it perturbs her on a deeper level. ]
I want to.
[ this is a lie. and it makes her bones and her ears ring to recognize it as such. ]