When you've spent your life losing everybody who ever mattered, you sort of just expect it.
[If she could lose Flagg, no one and nothing is safe or sacred. That lynchpin had always been there, a constant and permanent fixture holding her life and fate together. The one thing she could never lose. It would be like losing the stars or the moon.
But she had, and that had been the start of this decline. Now...now everything's starting to seem pointless.]
And I don't think I want to talk about that, Jaskier. At least with Thornean magic there's books, there's local mages who can teach me. Randall's magic? I don't know anything about it, other than he warned me it comes with a steep price. Which was fine, when he was here and could teach me, God knows what I'd already paid and sacrificed to be with him. Now...
[Another shake of her head, and she downs the rest of her ale. So much for distraction and feeling better for a little while. At least misery shared is a little better than misery suffered alone.]
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[Nadine shakes her head with a small sigh.]
When you've spent your life losing everybody who ever mattered, you sort of just expect it.
[If she could lose Flagg, no one and nothing is safe or sacred. That lynchpin had always been there, a constant and permanent fixture holding her life and fate together. The one thing she could never lose. It would be like losing the stars or the moon.
But she had, and that had been the start of this decline. Now...now everything's starting to seem pointless.]
And I don't think I want to talk about that, Jaskier. At least with Thornean magic there's books, there's local mages who can teach me. Randall's magic? I don't know anything about it, other than he warned me it comes with a steep price. Which was fine, when he was here and could teach me, God knows what I'd already paid and sacrificed to be with him. Now...
[Another shake of her head, and she downs the rest of her ale. So much for distraction and feeling better for a little while. At least misery shared is a little better than misery suffered alone.]
But I can...change myself, now.