[ Just as she fears the Free Cities because she knows what military governments are capable of in their pursuit of power, Julie knows better than most what people do when they're afraid and desperate. What they're willing to justify and how quickly they'll turn to those options. She's lived it, on both sides; she's been an ordinary person caught in that mire, and she's been an elite, cheering on things that she now knows are insane and cruel.
They hadn't seemed that way at the time. Everything that happened in Vegas made sense, had appeared to be the only sensible choice. What actions will make sense here, in this world?
Her thighs squeeze around him and her ankles cross at the small of his back. She doesn't mind moving if necessary, though he'll probably have to carry her, because it will not occur to her to actually go elsewhere. Her free arm wraps around him too, her hand down the back of his shirt and her nails digging between his shoulders. ] You ain't tried to escape, neither. Like I said, trapped before you even know it.
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They hadn't seemed that way at the time. Everything that happened in Vegas made sense, had appeared to be the only sensible choice. What actions will make sense here, in this world?
Her thighs squeeze around him and her ankles cross at the small of his back. She doesn't mind moving if necessary, though he'll probably have to carry her, because it will not occur to her to actually go elsewhere. Her free arm wraps around him too, her hand down the back of his shirt and her nails digging between his shoulders. ] You ain't tried to escape, neither. Like I said, trapped before you even know it.