[ Gently, but pointedly: ] That you are aware of. After all, you seem surprised to find yourself an influence on me.
[ Alexandrie sets her cup on the saucer in her lap, the better to express her full attention. ]
I had little reason to think past the ebb and flow of my own life, plans, and fortunes when I arrived in Kirkwall. The Grand Game is a consumptive thing, and, I have found once removed from its immediacy, incredibly isolating. We have our world, the lower classes have theirs. The twain meet rarely, and the moments in which they do are easily overlooked.
Even on my forays into Val Fontaine, both town and surrounding lands, I felt myself separate and above. [ She makes a forestalling gesture, in the likely case that Kitty has something to say about that. ] In the way of a caretaker to their charge--which is what we are meant to be. We compensate for seasons of poor yield, outfit the town guard, aid in dispensing justice, encourage new trade, care for the roads and concern ourselves with the safety of traversing them, and enjoy the resultant wealth that is provided to us in exchange.
Why should I have ever had cause to think about the myriad of ways such a way of things could be exploited and made cruel?
[ She picks up the cup again and gestures with it, a smile tugging at her lips. ]
Unless it is repeatedly and aggressively elucidated upon, at least.
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Date: 2019-03-17 06:29 pm (UTC)[ Alexandrie sets her cup on the saucer in her lap, the better to express her full attention. ]
I had little reason to think past the ebb and flow of my own life, plans, and fortunes when I arrived in Kirkwall. The Grand Game is a consumptive thing, and, I have found once removed from its immediacy, incredibly isolating. We have our world, the lower classes have theirs. The twain meet rarely, and the moments in which they do are easily overlooked.
Even on my forays into Val Fontaine, both town and surrounding lands, I felt myself separate and above. [ She makes a forestalling gesture, in the likely case that Kitty has something to say about that. ] In the way of a caretaker to their charge--which is what we are meant to be. We compensate for seasons of poor yield, outfit the town guard, aid in dispensing justice, encourage new trade, care for the roads and concern ourselves with the safety of traversing them, and enjoy the resultant wealth that is provided to us in exchange.
Why should I have ever had cause to think about the myriad of ways such a way of things could be exploited and made cruel?
[ She picks up the cup again and gestures with it, a smile tugging at her lips. ]
Unless it is repeatedly and aggressively elucidated upon, at least.