I thank you for your wisdom, [ she answers sweetly, removing her gaze from the trap door long enough to catch the flicker in Ahad's dark eyes. They do not seem so fathomless when he teases.
She tries to picture herself being lifted through the hatch, as though being lifted onto a particularly tall horse. The image is unbecoming.
She is truly going to be lifted up, isn't she? Wordless, save for a sigh, she goes to him and reaches up to entwine her arms around his neck, rising onto tiptoe. It's an easy, affectionate movement. ]
There is no other way.
[ Is that an apology, or a pronouncement? The queen has spoken. ]
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She tries to picture herself being lifted through the hatch, as though being lifted onto a particularly tall horse. The image is unbecoming.
She is truly going to be lifted up, isn't she? Wordless, save for a sigh, she goes to him and reaches up to entwine her arms around his neck, rising onto tiptoe. It's an easy, affectionate movement. ]
There is no other way.
[ Is that an apology, or a pronouncement? The queen has spoken. ]