( There is a different stiltedness to this reply. The response is not considered in advance, rather, the connection kept open as she considers. )
If I is at its centre, the argument that, rendered Tranquil, I am not myself has its place. Herian Amsel has been partitioned with more abrupt severely than territory in warfare.
( Violent and catastrophic as war is, some shred of possibility exists that is banished by the absolute nature of the Rite. She’d still say war is worse, considering the balance of quantity of lives impacted and scale, but this seems an appropriate turn of phrase speaking to Petrana, specifically. )
I do not refer to the scale nor impact. It may be more accurate to refer to the abruptness of a florist’s shears; once a rose has been cut, it is not longer part of the rosebush.
( There is a long pause. )
When they restrained my hands for the rite, I fought, still. The man who man restrained my hands lost part of his cheek to my teeth.
( That was the whole person. The whole person did not want this fate. )
private + ref to violently resisting Tranquility
If I is at its centre, the argument that, rendered Tranquil, I am
not myself has its place. Herian Amsel has been partitioned with more abrupt severely than territory in warfare.
( Violent and catastrophic as war is, some shred of possibility exists that is banished by the absolute nature of the Rite. She’d still say war is worse, considering the balance of quantity of lives impacted and scale, but this seems an appropriate turn of phrase speaking to Petrana, specifically. )
I do not refer to the scale nor impact. It may be more accurate to refer to the abruptness of a florist’s shears; once a rose has been cut, it is not longer part of the rosebush.
( There is a long pause. )
When they restrained my hands for the rite, I fought, still. The man who man restrained my hands lost part of his cheek to my teeth.
( That was the whole person. The whole person did not want this fate. )