[ Her smile is hesitant. She can't hold that kind of hope. It's too...
It feels like believing in circumventing too great of odds. She understands, though, after being... shaped so much by being around other people, she can't help but find those that reflect the virtues that Catherine had wanted her to hold dear.
None of the Pleroma were...villainous enough, of course. Most of them seemed to err towards heroes, but that had never stopped Catherine, and even her in the later years of the war. It's important to find those who will uplift virtue, rather than simply fight for the sake of fighting.
Abel fit that, so she pat her hand, gently. ]
Well, hopefully I can...help, with that. If you need your back watched, I'm surprised you're even willing, given...
[ She gestured, outward.
She'd talked to the Regent, instead of yelled, asked questions, instead of postured. She could feel it in herself, the Role settled. The eyes of Above and Below might not reach her here, but she could feel it, that purpose, and foolishly, perhaps, she'd had her eyes fixed to the Regent. ]
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It feels like believing in circumventing too great of odds. She understands, though, after being... shaped so much by being around other people, she can't help but find those that reflect the virtues that Catherine had wanted her to hold dear.
None of the Pleroma were...villainous enough, of course. Most of them seemed to err towards heroes, but that had never stopped Catherine, and even her in the later years of the war. It's important to find those who will uplift virtue, rather than simply fight for the sake of fighting.
Abel fit that, so she pat her hand, gently. ]
Well, hopefully I can...help, with that. If you need your back watched, I'm surprised you're even willing, given...
[ She gestured, outward.
She'd talked to the Regent, instead of yelled, asked questions, instead of postured. She could feel it in herself, the Role settled. The eyes of Above and Below might not reach her here, but she could feel it, that purpose, and foolishly, perhaps, she'd had her eyes fixed to the Regent. ]