She looked back up at him in surprise. Somewhere in the back of her head, she heard the voice of the Szelsky royal arguing that guardians should start to serve at 16, that the women should be forced to be guardians instead of making a choice.
"It's to protect the innocent," she said, still surprised at his line of thought. "My life matters, and hell if I want to die, but if that's the cost of protecting them, I'll pay it."
She wouldn't even think about it. Rose wasn't sure she could consciously think about it, and she stuffed that thought back into her head without examining it more closely.
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Date: 2010-02-18 08:09 am (UTC)"It's to protect the innocent," she said, still surprised at his line of thought. "My life matters, and hell if I want to die, but if that's the cost of protecting them, I'll pay it."
She wouldn't even think about it. Rose wasn't sure she could consciously think about it, and she stuffed that thought back into her head without examining it more closely.