[ she says in a slight quip, as she takes another bite of her food, in response to his repeated question. how impatient. but she files away much of what he says without comment.
he's ambitious. he wants out of this place just as badly as the rest of them. and he's certainly worked hard to do so, given how many people in this place fear him. he couldn't be much older than she is.
maybe there was some truth to the rumors, about his hands being so bloody he couldn't wash them clean.
still, as she finishes off her bowl of stew (far ahead of kaz, she notices), before she sets her spoon back in her empty bowl, inej returns the ice to her hand, fixing him with her gaze. ]
Starving on the streets was better than what I was doing before I came here.
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Date: 2020-12-28 02:08 am (UTC)[ she says in a slight quip, as she takes another bite of her food, in response to his repeated question. how impatient. but she files away much of what he says without comment.
he's ambitious. he wants out of this place just as badly as the rest of them. and he's certainly worked hard to do so, given how many people in this place fear him. he couldn't be much older than she is.
maybe there was some truth to the rumors, about his hands being so bloody he couldn't wash them clean.
still, as she finishes off her bowl of stew (far ahead of kaz, she notices), before she sets her spoon back in her empty bowl, inej returns the ice to her hand, fixing him with her gaze. ]
Starving on the streets was better than what I was doing before I came here.
[ evenly enough. ]
Spying would be easy, in comparison.