[ well, the fact that he hasn't been is a plus. and she believes him, though she scoffs to herself, shifting her gaze back toward the city skyline, toward the harbor. ]
I know how people like him view people like me.
[ the barrel bosses frequent the pleasure houses and buy and sell girls frequently. pekka rollins is the worst of them, but he isn't alone. girls like inej are commodities. she is only as good as she is worth, in terms of skill, or her body, or her time. haskell may not be whoring her out to the highest bidder, but she knows full well that he only cares about her so much as how much coin she can bring in. the stupid tattoo is only proof that he sees her as a pile of kruge that he needs to spend.
at kaz's offer, though, she shakes her head, her eyes still fixed on the harbor. ]
I bear my own consequences. I am not afraid of him.
[ she seems almost ready to leave it at that, when she adds: ]
Nothing he can do to me is worse than what I have already experienced.
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Date: 2020-12-30 05:03 pm (UTC)I know how people like him view people like me.
[ the barrel bosses frequent the pleasure houses and buy and sell girls frequently. pekka rollins is the worst of them, but he isn't alone. girls like inej are commodities. she is only as good as she is worth, in terms of skill, or her body, or her time. haskell may not be whoring her out to the highest bidder, but she knows full well that he only cares about her so much as how much coin she can bring in. the stupid tattoo is only proof that he sees her as a pile of kruge that he needs to spend.
at kaz's offer, though, she shakes her head, her eyes still fixed on the harbor. ]
I bear my own consequences. I am not afraid of him.
[ she seems almost ready to leave it at that, when she adds: ]
Nothing he can do to me is worse than what I have already experienced.