[ Definitely don't grieve for that. This is about as much as I can take. The attendants aren't slaves, and it's not like this is a den of abuse and exploitation, so Kitty doesn't exactly feel like a monster taking advantage of all the luxury. But even so, every glint of shining silver, every brush of flower petals on skin reminds her - economic exploitation is what allows for this beauty; aesthetic perfection always comes from hands crushed in factory machinery, farms dynamited to make way for mines, men and women sent abroad to die to claim the territory that holds gems and gold...
Yeah. This level of finery is definitely enough for her. ]
This is fine.
[ She waves her hands through the water, creating little currents and eddies that play over her skin. She doesn't love it, this sudden ache of guilt replacing the pleasure she was feeling over the luxury just a moment before. Then, abruptly: ]
Where'd your money come from? Yours and your family's.
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Date: 2018-07-24 04:24 pm (UTC)Yeah. This level of finery is definitely enough for her. ]
This is fine.
[ She waves her hands through the water, creating little currents and eddies that play over her skin. She doesn't love it, this sudden ache of guilt replacing the pleasure she was feeling over the luxury just a moment before. Then, abruptly: ]
Where'd your money come from? Yours and your family's.