( and she dislikes its absence when it makes her feel—helpless in a way that she hadn't once she'd understood what she was wielding. exposed and small; there had been nothing she could do about the rathmores. she isn't helpless, but the things she would naturally rely on have been taken from her and it leaves her uneasy, which—
leaves her unlikely to dwell much on the moral dilemma of the power that she misses having. not, frankly, that she gives the air of someone who dwelled on it much when the point wasn't moot. that is true, and not a pretty truth. but this, too, is true: )
I'm not interested in subjugating anyone to my will. People are interesting when they show you who they are—I don't want to just see myself. I think the choices people make are important. If it's a stupid choice, there are other solutions. If I were going to really use it, then it'd be like the first time.
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I don't have it any more.
( and she dislikes its absence when it makes her feel—helpless in a way that she hadn't once she'd understood what she was wielding. exposed and small; there had been nothing she could do about the rathmores. she isn't helpless, but the things she would naturally rely on have been taken from her and it leaves her uneasy, which—
leaves her unlikely to dwell much on the moral dilemma of the power that she misses having. not, frankly, that she gives the air of someone who dwelled on it much when the point wasn't moot. that is true, and not a pretty truth. but this, too, is true: )
I'm not interested in subjugating anyone to my will. People are interesting when they show you who they are—I don't want to just see myself. I think the choices people make are important. If it's a stupid choice, there are other solutions. If I were going to really use it, then it'd be like the first time.