"As if you even can be sincere," she snaps back, a little rankled by that nasty little impression of her. "I don't think you're even capable. I don't think you're capable of telling the truth at all."
A long breath out, and then, abruptly, with very little change in tone - "Which I understand. I know you've had to spend...hundreds of years, thousands, keeping yourself safe from the people who summoned you. I know that you're afraid of being exploited. But it's not as though I'm suddenly going to snare you in a summoning circle because you let your guard down enough to have an honest conversation with me."
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Date: 2019-08-18 12:57 am (UTC)A long breath out, and then, abruptly, with very little change in tone - "Which I understand. I know you've had to spend...hundreds of years, thousands, keeping yourself safe from the people who summoned you. I know that you're afraid of being exploited. But it's not as though I'm suddenly going to snare you in a summoning circle because you let your guard down enough to have an honest conversation with me."