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aмelιa ღ ѕтeιnвecĸ ([personal profile] recluserose) wrote in [community profile] sunfloras 2023-07-11 12:09 am (UTC)

[Amelia scoffs but there's a smile in there somewhere.]

You wouldn't be the first to tell me that.

[The arm he returns to her is missing the pinkie finger but she murmurs her thanks as she takes it and reattaches it to her shoulder. Only half of her face is missing now. Resting her hands on her lap she turns her gaze back to the window where the snow continues to fall though less violently this time.]

To answer your question properly, I showed you this moment specifically because you've been curious about the Witch King. There were other things he's done some probably a little worse even before this but...

[Amelia shrugs.]

I just wanted you to see that I know what it's like to be confined as well. It's not the same, I know. The cruelty of humans is worse in some ways than someone that's just a monster.

That and now you also know why there are very few things I'm frightened of in the present.

[In a twisted way, the Witch King has made sure that his student became fearless. It was trial after trial by fire and she had to put out so many flames and live with the burns she could afford.]

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