( it had been lady gwenaëlle "i don't think rifters are grateful enough for not being executed on arrival" vauquelin, merci beaucoup—

it's not tough for her to envision something she'd come close to arguing in favour of, once upon a time. it is still a bit bleak, the incisively flippant way she says, )

If we were going to handle it differently, the time for that was nearly a decade ago.

Ultimately, though, wherever you came from, the body you have now belongs here. I think that makes it your home in a way that should matter — if not to you, personally, then factually in terms of how you're treated.