[Her quiet is not uncharacteristic, but she wonders how much different things would have been had she understood Teresa a little better - if she would have just betrayed the organization then and there, or if she still would have proceeded and been all the more sick with it. Certainly, she'd cared for Priscilla, but the great majority of it had been relegated to a dark little corner - fuel for the proverbial fire of the quicksword.]
[Everyone's always so horrified that I like him, but I always consider myself lucky. Because I'd need to deal with him in some way or another even if I didn't. /i> Oh, yes. She is well aware of the joy of dealing with him despite an intense dislike. A dislike that is now tempered by confusion and complications regarding his motives.]
He...can be very charming when he wishes.
[She offers this evenly, but honestly. It is undoubtedly true.]
It's unfortunate that you have to be in this position. [Watching the fox as it nips.] But I am glad that there is some measure of comfort. [She may mean the animals. She may be alluding to the feelings that she does not want to have to wonder if Isley possesses.]
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[Everyone's always so horrified that I like him, but I always consider myself lucky. Because I'd need to deal with him in some way or another even if I didn't. /i> Oh, yes. She is well aware of the joy of dealing with him despite an intense dislike. A dislike that is now tempered by confusion and complications regarding his motives.]
He...can be very charming when he wishes.
[She offers this evenly, but honestly. It is undoubtedly true.]
It's unfortunate that you have to be in this position. [Watching the fox as it nips.] But I am glad that there is some measure of comfort. [She may mean the animals. She may be alluding to the feelings that she does not want to have to wonder if Isley possesses.]