[ Alina's vindictive steak is short-lived when the reality of her own emptiness creeps back in, like a candle trying to keep out the unyielding dark of night.
His question causes her to mentally stumble, tripping on her own temper that he refuses to match. It serves only to make her feel petty. She keeps her eyes on his face, inscrutable in the dark to how she wears hers so plainly, and then casts them down at her feet. He asks as if he cares. Perhaps he does, but how much of that is a truth for her and how much of of that is sharpening a tool in his cabinet. How foolish is she really to think she is someone worth asking about?
She lifts her chin again, wearing her best attempt at a steely expression. ]
No.
[ Not really, at least. Not more than usual or what she expected, a hard shove into the cell that left her knees bruised but not much more. Not in any way that that indicated that she was anything but a very standard prisoner, just an annoyance to be shuttled around and dealt with. ]
Who are they?
[ Because he must know, have some plan for escape or even a bit of knowledge that she can use to escape this captivity. And somehow leave him here. Details to be figured out later. ]
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His question causes her to mentally stumble, tripping on her own temper that he refuses to match. It serves only to make her feel petty. She keeps her eyes on his face, inscrutable in the dark to how she wears hers so plainly, and then casts them down at her feet. He asks as if he cares. Perhaps he does, but how much of that is a truth for her and how much of of that is sharpening a tool in his cabinet. How foolish is she really to think she is someone worth asking about?
She lifts her chin again, wearing her best attempt at a steely expression. ]
No.
[ Not really, at least. Not more than usual or what she expected, a hard shove into the cell that left her knees bruised but not much more. Not in any way that that indicated that she was anything but a very standard prisoner, just an annoyance to be shuttled around and dealt with. ]
Who are they?
[ Because he must know, have some plan for escape or even a bit of knowledge that she can use to escape this captivity. And somehow leave him here. Details to be figured out later. ]