[She tilts her hands back inward, looking down at the deep blue gem.]
I am here only because he extended this contract to me. I want to trust, more than anything, that he would have at least my best interests in mind, if not at heart.
[At the end of the day, she is just one more traveler, one more disposable piece in this game. She knows this. And yet.]
...I suppose it was foolish to have hope that freedom would be easier than this. That I would not feel as if I am constantly waiting for the punchline to some cosmic joke.
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[She tilts her hands back inward, looking down at the deep blue gem.]
I am here only because he extended this contract to me. I want to trust, more than anything, that he would have at least my best interests in mind, if not at heart.
[At the end of the day, she is just one more traveler, one more disposable piece in this game. She knows this. And yet.]
...I suppose it was foolish to have hope that freedom would be easier than this. That I would not feel as if I am constantly waiting for the punchline to some cosmic joke.