[ thancred would be right to assume there is much more brewing under the surface of just about everything yennefer says about thorne. but that might just be something he'll have to wait to fully unravel - it's a good thing they've got a long road ahead of them.
his comment earns something of a snort from yennefer, if only because yes, he's not far off. and yes, she has her opinions. but that also comes from a long personal history she has with her own mages, her own politicians, and the strange way that even if she is in a completely different sphere, old men with magic will always be the least trustworthy in the bunch (thankfully she's older than stephen by a few decades, so he doesn't get to count).
stephen's scoff at thancred's mention of the consequences does assuage some worries that yennefer had been quietly uncertain about. loyalties, especially in situations like theirs, could be dangerous things. and while her previous conversations with stephen hardly pointed towards that direction, and his answer pushes that confirmation a little closer.
it's the anything i haven't been through before that does have yennefer turning to the sorcerer, one brow raised. curiosity begets from what is beginning to look more and more like extended experience than studies, and alright. now she kind of wants to know. but the conversation at hand is more important, and she shifts a bit in her saddle.
stephen isn't incorrect - tracing the magic back to the source would be simple enough, if he had any reason to check. and their association with stephen would immediately put under suspicion. still, yennefer's expression at this leaned more towards the line of yes? and? than anything. ]
Ambrose has locked me up once before, and it did not get him far. I'm hardly worried about his opinions or suspicions about me. [ there is something in her tone, something vaguely he can mcfucking try in her words. whether this is from her position in the queen's court, or just yennefer's own presented confidence, it's hard to say.
her eyes do turn to thancred, though, after. as if checking to see how worried he would be about it. ]
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his comment earns something of a snort from yennefer, if only because yes, he's not far off. and yes, she has her opinions. but that also comes from a long personal history she has with her own mages, her own politicians, and the strange way that even if she is in a completely different sphere, old men with magic will always be the least trustworthy in the bunch (thankfully she's older than stephen by a few decades, so he doesn't get to count).
stephen's scoff at thancred's mention of the consequences does assuage some worries that yennefer had been quietly uncertain about. loyalties, especially in situations like theirs, could be dangerous things. and while her previous conversations with stephen hardly pointed towards that direction, and his answer pushes that confirmation a little closer.
it's the anything i haven't been through before that does have yennefer turning to the sorcerer, one brow raised. curiosity begets from what is beginning to look more and more like extended experience than studies, and alright. now she kind of wants to know. but the conversation at hand is more important, and she shifts a bit in her saddle.
stephen isn't incorrect - tracing the magic back to the source would be simple enough, if he had any reason to check. and their association with stephen would immediately put under suspicion. still, yennefer's expression at this leaned more towards the line of yes? and? than anything. ]
Ambrose has locked me up once before, and it did not get him far. I'm hardly worried about his opinions or suspicions about me. [ there is something in her tone, something vaguely he can mcfucking try in her words. whether this is from her position in the queen's court, or just yennefer's own presented confidence, it's hard to say.
her eyes do turn to thancred, though, after. as if checking to see how worried he would be about it. ]