[For a mage, Jaskier will say Istredd is not the worst with words.]
You walk a fine line, my friend, romanticizing tragedy. I do hope you don't allow yourself to topple over it.
[Possibly ironic, coming from him, but he's quite aware of such things, especially since his days of writing about Filvandrel and the Edge of the World. Tragedies can be beautiful, to be sure. Sometimes the most beautiful thing in one's life. It does not take away their sorrow... and those sorrows can paint one's entire perception for, quite clearly, centuries.]
Admittedly, I was being a bit sarcastic, but believe me when I say that the messy lives of the higher echelons of Continental society are as exactly as messy as I suspected.
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You walk a fine line, my friend, romanticizing tragedy. I do hope you don't allow yourself to topple over it.
[Possibly ironic, coming from him, but he's quite aware of such things, especially since his days of writing about Filvandrel and the Edge of the World. Tragedies can be beautiful, to be sure. Sometimes the most beautiful thing in one's life. It does not take away their sorrow... and those sorrows can paint one's entire perception for, quite clearly, centuries.]
Admittedly, I was being a bit sarcastic, but believe me when I say that the messy lives of the higher echelons of Continental society are as exactly as messy as I suspected.