[She'd expected the silence. And, to a small degree, expected that answer.
She didn't expect the "have to," though. Kaede started to object, ears flattening. But what she felt, it made her protests still before she'd even thought of them. They weren't just superficial words to soothe a worried mind. There was conviction behind them, a solid confidence--Chariot know this, as surely as she knew her own name.
Kaede's voice, by contrast, was low and small as a whisper.]
Are you sure?
[Her hand twitched against Chariot's, claws twining with gentle fingers in an anxious curl.]
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She didn't expect the "have to," though. Kaede started to object, ears flattening. But what she felt, it made her protests still before she'd even thought of them. They weren't just superficial words to soothe a worried mind. There was conviction behind them, a solid confidence--Chariot know this, as surely as she knew her own name.
Kaede's voice, by contrast, was low and small as a whisper.]
Are you sure?
[Her hand twitched against Chariot's, claws twining with gentle fingers in an anxious curl.]
You know what I can be, and...you're sure?