The coffee was probably not going to be drunk. It was a fine gesture, but Cassandra was not in the mood for soothing sips. Her tone turned sharp in her first bit of reply, but lowered to the same, clipped words she had been using for most of their conversation after.
"This is not liberty. This is not justice. Rather it is a great deal of effort and expense to prove a point to the crowd. The sheer amount of energy they are willing to put into one so clearly against them..."
Gave her hope. Not because it meant she could be pampered and cared for or whatever madness would be required to feel anything but loathing for this world. But because ones that had to so frequently show their power were often those the least secure in it. Strange as this world may be, she had to focus on what could be done rather than how stacked against them everything was.
"Is of interest. That is the extent of my opinion for now."
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The coffee was probably not going to be drunk. It was a fine gesture, but Cassandra was not in the mood for soothing sips. Her tone turned sharp in her first bit of reply, but lowered to the same, clipped words she had been using for most of their conversation after.
"This is not liberty. This is not justice. Rather it is a great deal of effort and expense to prove a point to the crowd. The sheer amount of energy they are willing to put into one so clearly against them..."
Gave her hope. Not because it meant she could be pampered and cared for or whatever madness would be required to feel anything but loathing for this world. But because ones that had to so frequently show their power were often those the least secure in it. Strange as this world may be, she had to focus on what could be done rather than how stacked against them everything was.
"Is of interest. That is the extent of my opinion for now."