She looks melancholy, and lonely, and very young. But she only lets that expression survive briefly.
"She's really extraordinary, you know," she says. "To complete this trial I had to see through her eyes and lend her my ability to see thanergy. I got to watch her fight from inside her. It was amazing. I knew she was the best we had, that's why I dragooned her, but she's the best we've had in generations."
"I looked at her for seventeen years and all I saw was insubordination and irreverence and her filthy magazines. I'm supposed to be smart!"
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Date: 2020-08-26 07:14 pm (UTC)She looks melancholy, and lonely, and very young. But she only lets that expression survive briefly.
"She's really extraordinary, you know," she says. "To complete this trial I had to see through her eyes and lend her my ability to see thanergy. I got to watch her fight from inside her. It was amazing. I knew she was the best we had, that's why I dragooned her, but she's the best we've had in generations."
"I looked at her for seventeen years and all I saw was insubordination and irreverence and her filthy magazines. I'm supposed to be smart!"