[ He sees it, the moment the puzzle piece clicks into place. Kaz frowns, pushing the reality, the enormity of it, away to focus on Tomassen's question. On the follow up facts, laid out. More damage to add on top of what's already been done. It would be invasive, dredging everything to the surface. Anything she thought buried would be brought up, used as a weapon, used to cast doubt on her experience.
His own experience had been full of similar things. Reliving his father's gruesome passing, the fever blur of Jordie's; his grief raked over coals to prove the truth.
For a moment, he shuts his eyes, thinking of his conversation with Inej just a day before. Her dark gaze full of steel, not a single waver of conviction in her voice or her stance. ]
She said she would do whatever it takes to bring her to hell. [ Kaz finally replies, re-opening his eyes and glancing up at Tomassen. ] But, you can ask her again.
[ He doesn't think the answer will change. But perhaps it will. Perhaps she will have thought on it more, off of the wave of elation she'd initially answered him on. ]
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His own experience had been full of similar things. Reliving his father's gruesome passing, the fever blur of Jordie's; his grief raked over coals to prove the truth.
For a moment, he shuts his eyes, thinking of his conversation with Inej just a day before. Her dark gaze full of steel, not a single waver of conviction in her voice or her stance. ]
She said she would do whatever it takes to bring her to hell. [ Kaz finally replies, re-opening his eyes and glancing up at Tomassen. ] But, you can ask her again.
[ He doesn't think the answer will change. But perhaps it will. Perhaps she will have thought on it more, off of the wave of elation she'd initially answered him on. ]