It is not the second statement that wounds Harrow.
It does not upset her, or rattle her to her core; no confession of killing would ever do that to the death of two hundred of her own house. To a war-crime child whose home was both saved and destroyed by her conception. This does not shake Harrow at any level Trench hasn't already. It's a blip in her radar, so to speak.
Even the King Undying's action does not disturb Harrow, for she would not judge any to hold affection for (or to) someone, living or dead. But professing that there is no one left who loves God breaks her; her hands shake and it's unclear whether it is from fury or rejection, whether she is angry or heartbroken. Blood-tinged tears fall, messing up her makeup, though she isn't really crying -- there are no sobs, no snot, no rasps of breath. Other than those tears, she seems normal as she steps softly over to Paul and her Teacher.
"That is not true," she says, very firmly, and then -- now it's clear why her hands were shaking -- actually attempts to wrap one of her small noodle arms around each of them in turn. Which is the most horrifying thing she has ever done in her entire life.
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It does not upset her, or rattle her to her core; no confession of killing would ever do that to the death of two hundred of her own house. To a war-crime child whose home was both saved and destroyed by her conception. This does not shake Harrow at any level Trench hasn't already. It's a blip in her radar, so to speak.
Even the King Undying's action does not disturb Harrow, for she would not judge any to hold affection for (or to) someone, living or dead. But professing that there is no one left who loves God breaks her; her hands shake and it's unclear whether it is from fury or rejection, whether she is angry or heartbroken. Blood-tinged tears fall, messing up her makeup, though she isn't really crying -- there are no sobs, no snot, no rasps of breath. Other than those tears, she seems normal as she steps softly over to Paul and her Teacher.
"That is not true," she says, very firmly, and then -- now it's clear why her hands were shaking -- actually attempts to wrap one of her small noodle arms around each of them in turn. Which is the most horrifying thing she has ever done in her entire life.