[ it's said evenly, because they have. what was the city bearing down on them threatening to hang them alive compared to the menagerie, or pekka rollins murdering kaz's brother, or chaining matthias in hellgate, putting nina in chains and giving jesper a beat down once a week for his debt, or van eck pretending to love his son only to have him killed, or any of the other sins any of them have been through. a noose was the kindest thing ketterdam has attempted to do to them, in comparison to what the city has actually done. ]
We did not come this far to fail now.
[ so they will get through this. there was no other option.
she withdraws her hand, still not liking the defeatism, but he's at least having a conversation with her now rather than with whatever demons are lurking in the dark. the comment about her bandages causes a soft sigh (in exasperation, mostly) as she shrugs her shoulders a little. ]
She cuts deep. [ to kill, not to maim, and inej's tone is a little rueful as she leans over to tug her cut bandages into her lap. using the mirror will allow her to change them with only a little difficulty, and she twists a little to look at the bandages, tugging her shirt up just a bit to see. ] It won't take long to change.
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Date: 2021-02-14 05:21 pm (UTC)[ it's said evenly, because they have. what was the city bearing down on them threatening to hang them alive compared to the menagerie, or pekka rollins murdering kaz's brother, or chaining matthias in hellgate, putting nina in chains and giving jesper a beat down once a week for his debt, or van eck pretending to love his son only to have him killed, or any of the other sins any of them have been through. a noose was the kindest thing ketterdam has attempted to do to them, in comparison to what the city has actually done. ]
We did not come this far to fail now.
[ so they will get through this. there was no other option.
she withdraws her hand, still not liking the defeatism, but he's at least having a conversation with her now rather than with whatever demons are lurking in the dark. the comment about her bandages causes a soft sigh (in exasperation, mostly) as she shrugs her shoulders a little. ]
She cuts deep. [ to kill, not to maim, and inej's tone is a little rueful as she leans over to tug her cut bandages into her lap. using the mirror will allow her to change them with only a little difficulty, and she twists a little to look at the bandages, tugging her shirt up just a bit to see. ] It won't take long to change.