[ She blinks, lets herself drop back a bit, looking up at him. ]
Gravid--pregnant. It means pregnant.
[ The rest of that whole logical sequence should fall into place, really, or at least she hopes so. But she's vastly more interested in his other words. ]
Your best friend? Truly?
[ She thinks of Pearl, her first friend here. Kida has never really had friends, not really, not the likes of which she's made here. She's had her father, and she's had her guards, her servants, her scouts--but with all of them there was a power dynamic that kept something of a distance between herself and her people, and for the most part she liked it that way. It was important that they viewed her as a benevolent but unquestionable authority. ]
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Gravid--pregnant. It means pregnant.
[ The rest of that whole logical sequence should fall into place, really, or at least she hopes so. But she's vastly more interested in his other words. ]
Your best friend? Truly?
[ She thinks of Pearl, her first friend here. Kida has never really had friends, not really, not the likes of which she's made here. She's had her father, and she's had her guards, her servants, her scouts--but with all of them there was a power dynamic that kept something of a distance between herself and her people, and for the most part she liked it that way. It was important that they viewed her as a benevolent but unquestionable authority. ]