[ She wasn't sure what answer she was expecting, if anything at all--but.
She likes this. It's a similar kind of pressure, she supposes. Inheritance, descendancy, bloodlines. The responsibility that comes with power. The price of prestige.
My life is never boring. Most of all, it's my own. There are some--and some days, Kida included--that might argue elsewise, or perhaps that's simply the disconnect between their realities. Kida's life has never entirely belonged to her. She shares it with her people and her city, a constant weight but one she bears with pride. ]
A glimpse of the core of all things...? [ A poetic turn of phrase; she isn't sure how literally she's meant to interpret it. ] Whatever understanding you seek, I am certain your tenacity will bring you to it, Rin.
one million years later
She likes this. It's a similar kind of pressure, she supposes. Inheritance, descendancy, bloodlines. The responsibility that comes with power. The price of prestige.
My life is never boring. Most of all, it's my own. There are some--and some days, Kida included--that might argue elsewise, or perhaps that's simply the disconnect between their realities. Kida's life has never entirely belonged to her. She shares it with her people and her city, a constant weight but one she bears with pride. ]
A glimpse of the core of all things...? [ A poetic turn of phrase; she isn't sure how literally she's meant to interpret it. ] Whatever understanding you seek, I am certain your tenacity will bring you to it, Rin.