Yeah. They say power corrupts and everything. And...
[Nadine trails off, not needing to explain she's seen that happen. He has too, she's sure. The life he's lived, the world he comes from...she's heard his songs. Jaskier knows all about the corrupting abilities of power.
She smiles, a touch sadly, because he's right. So much of her life she'd felt powerless, that the prospect of changing that...of course it had appealed to her. But she still doesn't know how much was her and how much was Flagg's influence. She'll probably never know, for sure.
Does it even matter anymore?]
You're right about that.
[He's always seen her in a way no one else does, right through to the heart and truth of her. Setting aside her cleaning rag for a moment, she slips beside him and reaches to ruffle his hair and shake the flour and bits of feathers out....]
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[Nadine trails off, not needing to explain she's seen that happen. He has too, she's sure. The life he's lived, the world he comes from...she's heard his songs. Jaskier knows all about the corrupting abilities of power.
She smiles, a touch sadly, because he's right. So much of her life she'd felt powerless, that the prospect of changing that...of course it had appealed to her. But she still doesn't know how much was her and how much was Flagg's influence. She'll probably never know, for sure.
Does it even matter anymore?]
You're right about that.
[He's always seen her in a way no one else does, right through to the heart and truth of her. Setting aside her cleaning rag for a moment, she slips beside him and reaches to ruffle his hair and shake the flour and bits of feathers out....]