[There's something intrinsically sad about both of them needing the incentive of somebody else's happiness to pursue their own, but no Empire-born child worth their salt has the time for that sort of thorny introspection, so she tucks the thought away, where all the others go.]
...take care, Ashe. Even... even if I someday disappear back to what's waiting for me, the way other people have, okay?
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[There's something intrinsically sad about both of them needing the incentive of somebody else's happiness to pursue their own, but no Empire-born child worth their salt has the time for that sort of thorny introspection, so she tucks the thought away, where all the others go.]
...take care, Ashe. Even... even if I someday disappear back to what's waiting for me, the way other people have, okay?