Why I stay away should be obvious enough. You have no need for me here, as you've just reminded us both.
[ i have nothing to offer you now, she does not say. why do you continue to fool us into believing there is? ravka had woven them together in crisis, in duty — but that thread seems ragged when there is nothing to offer but her company. as though she could ever be well-suited to this new peace, this new life. everywhere she grows, thorns follow. ]
Don't mistake that for an attempt at self-pity. It's simply a truth you and I both know well.
I swore to carry your burdens the moment I became your general. That has not changed. Make a request and I will come, but do not throw me scraps.
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[ i have nothing to offer you now, she does not say. why do you continue to fool us into believing there is? ravka had woven them together in crisis, in duty — but that thread seems ragged when there is nothing to offer but her company. as though she could ever be well-suited to this new peace, this new life. everywhere she grows, thorns follow. ]
Don't mistake that for an attempt at self-pity. It's simply a truth you and I both know well.
I swore to carry your burdens the moment I became your general. That has not changed.
Make a request and I will come, but do not throw me scraps.