Sieglinde had grown up thinking she was important- it had been something she'd always taken for granted... until her world had collapsed around her ears and she couldn't any longer. It wasn't something she could assume anymore, not something she felt like she deserved, or something she expected came without expectations.
But she couldn't doubt Riza. How could she, when the older woman had been nothing but honest with her, treated her with respect... hadn't she?
And she didn't want to talk about it anymore, and really, who could blame her, so as curious as she was it's all Sieglinde can to do nod, turning in her chair to grab her tablet and her notes, spreading them out over the table between them.]
... of course.
[Here was the diagram of a man who lacked a physical heart and yet still lived, his emotions dampened as consequence. Here was the formula of a compound she was trying to come up with that would trick a certain person's stomach into thinking the food in question was coffee. Here was the chemical she was refining to target the magical build up that triggered a certain elf's blood frenzy.
All the things she tried to do in order to hear words like you're important to this team, and to me.]
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Sieglinde had grown up thinking she was important- it had been something she'd always taken for granted... until her world had collapsed around her ears and she couldn't any longer. It wasn't something she could assume anymore, not something she felt like she deserved, or something she expected came without expectations.
But she couldn't doubt Riza. How could she, when the older woman had been nothing but honest with her, treated her with respect... hadn't she?
And she didn't want to talk about it anymore, and really, who could blame her, so as curious as she was it's all Sieglinde can to do nod, turning in her chair to grab her tablet and her notes, spreading them out over the table between them.]
... of course.
[Here was the diagram of a man who lacked a physical heart and yet still lived, his emotions dampened as consequence. Here was the formula of a compound she was trying to come up with that would trick a certain person's stomach into thinking the food in question was coffee. Here was the chemical she was refining to target the magical build up that triggered a certain elf's blood frenzy.
All the things she tried to do in order to hear words like you're important to this team, and to me.]