She accepts the answer for what it is, though it makes her a touch sad. What she does know of his past suggests he was never given the opportunity to know anything else in the first place.
In this, they do differ.
Even if it was all the product of a curse. Even if she did live in great fear of the brotherhood and the witch hunters who would burn her in a pyre if they knew of her magic... life with the di Carlos had been full of light. They took all her fire and replaced it with lies to keep her dutiful, to keep her obedient and unthreatening.
It hurts to know.
"It can be difficult to sit in the quiet. We're only left with ourselves."
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She accepts the answer for what it is, though it makes her a touch sad. What she does know of his past suggests he was never given the opportunity to know anything else in the first place.
In this, they do differ.
Even if it was all the product of a curse. Even if she did live in great fear of the brotherhood and the witch hunters who would burn her in a pyre if they knew of her magic... life with the di Carlos had been full of light. They took all her fire and replaced it with lies to keep her dutiful, to keep her obedient and unthreatening.
It hurts to know.
"It can be difficult to sit in the quiet. We're only left with ourselves."