[ The difference between them, even now, is that Akua would speak of her childhood proudly. Lady Tasia Sahelian had put her daughter through every cruelty she could, because it was expected. Because that is what Praesi did. Because that, she had thought, was how she would become the Chancellor, and power behind the throne to her daughter's Dread Empress.
As if Akua would have ever let her control her, truly. As if the Iron she'd sharpened her daughter against would not cut her just as easily as any blade.
The poison her mother had consumed had been a kinder death than she had deserved, and kinder than Akua would have levied against her, after the death of her father. ]
It is a pleasure. I do not think we have had the opportunity, before now.
[ She held a hand to her heart, over her shard, a heart that glimmered in the dim light -- her dress cut low enough to show it off -- and she offered: ]
I am called Akua. At least, in this isolation from the rest of the world, we are at least not alone, hm? Although it could be considered just as bad, to be trapped together as one, given the... personalities within, hm?
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As if Akua would have ever let her control her, truly. As if the Iron she'd sharpened her daughter against would not cut her just as easily as any blade.
The poison her mother had consumed had been a kinder death than she had deserved, and kinder than Akua would have levied against her, after the death of her father. ]
It is a pleasure. I do not think we have had the opportunity, before now.
[ She held a hand to her heart, over her shard, a heart that glimmered in the dim light -- her dress cut low enough to show it off -- and she offered: ]
I am called Akua. At least, in this isolation from the rest of the world, we are at least not alone, hm? Although it could be considered just as bad, to be trapped together as one, given the... personalities within, hm?