She cannot do what he offers. The only "home" she had ever known had been something she always knew was temporary, just a place she was allowed to live until her sale. That was supposed to have been her home... but it had never happened, and the place she'd almost let herself hope could be a home instead... she had ruined with her own inability to believe in a future.
She doesn't deserve a home. She can't make one here. She can't take his.
And she cannot follow him to his... his bedroom?, of all places. Bad enough they had shared one at the masquerade. But the sounds are... suspicious. And when he comes out dragging a mattress-]
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She cannot do what he offers. The only "home" she had ever known had been something she always knew was temporary, just a place she was allowed to live until her sale. That was supposed to have been her home... but it had never happened, and the place she'd almost let herself hope could be a home instead... she had ruined with her own inability to believe in a future.
She doesn't deserve a home. She can't make one here. She can't take his.
And she cannot follow him to his... his bedroom?, of all places. Bad enough they had shared one at the masquerade. But the sounds are... suspicious. And when he comes out dragging a mattress-]
What are you doing?