[Standing there by the bed and basket atop it, there's no regal pride. Queen, wife and mother Ashe may be, but despite her many great accomplishments she's still a girl, one whose past forced to grow up too fast. One who fears happiness is about to be snatched from her in the cruelest of ways, who fears for the lives of her husband and son. Her grace, however, remains.
At the touch to her arm she turns to him, her throat as tight with emotion as it was the very day she watched him disembark in Alexandria all those months ago. Rasler deserves her complete honesty, Ashe won't try to hide her fear, though her eyes can't quite meet his. With all the prince's efforts since their very recent move to the port, she isn't sure exactly how much he's hearing over the network.]
They mean to see us returned home within days... everyone speaks of it, and -
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Date: 2010-08-02 08:37 am (UTC)At the touch to her arm she turns to him, her throat as tight with emotion as it was the very day she watched him disembark in Alexandria all those months ago. Rasler deserves her complete honesty, Ashe won't try to hide her fear, though her eyes can't quite meet his. With all the prince's efforts since their very recent move to the port, she isn't sure exactly how much he's hearing over the network.]
They mean to see us returned home within days... everyone speaks of it, and -
[She breaks off, unable to finish.]