"Mm," is soft agreement that falls back to contemplation.
This she agrees with readily. Faith that never questions, faith with no sense of selfness ... it is dangerous to Emilia. Zealotry. She made what she believes was the least terrible choice in a sea of terrible choices, a feeling that is no longer new to her. She was ready to swallow its bitterness then.
And now.
After a slight pause, she speaks again, aware he has been giving her space and time to find the words. "I'm still ... learning to co-exist with the parts of me that are Emilia and the parts of me that are Fury."
They're both her. She will not pretend that Fury is merely the past, something she does not need to own as she would want to own that day in the gardens with Haiva. It's all her, good and bad and deadly.
skips.
This she agrees with readily. Faith that never questions, faith with no sense of selfness ... it is dangerous to Emilia. Zealotry. She made what she believes was the least terrible choice in a sea of terrible choices, a feeling that is no longer new to her. She was ready to swallow its bitterness then.
And now.
After a slight pause, she speaks again, aware he has been giving her space and time to find the words. "I'm still ... learning to co-exist with the parts of me that are Emilia and the parts of me that are Fury."
They're both her. She will not pretend that Fury is merely the past, something she does not need to own as she would want to own that day in the gardens with Haiva. It's all her, good and bad and deadly.