( it's not a misconception aleksander has any drive to clear up, besides. by his own noted marks, his own observations both in the hot seat and beside it, shackled beside the pair of them on the traveled road to shu han — nikolai and zoya both part their legs for power. he believes they're as in love as nikolai is with alina, which is to say, not very much at all.
but, love is childish. power is power. love bows in the hierarchy of human emotions, always cast aside and forgotten. kings have no right to the feeling, and neither do queens, and neither do saints. the three of them might stand to learn it. )
And to you, Sturmhond.
( he has no softness for the pirate. privateer. but he can acknowledge they'll both be satisfied in the end, for as unsatisfying as that is. such an uncomfortable feeling, to realize either one of them can be reasoned with. )
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but, love is childish. power is power. love bows in the hierarchy of human emotions, always cast aside and forgotten. kings have no right to the feeling, and neither do queens, and neither do saints. the three of them might stand to learn it. )
And to you, Sturmhond.
( he has no softness for the pirate. privateer. but he can acknowledge they'll both be satisfied in the end, for as unsatisfying as that is. such an uncomfortable feeling, to realize either one of them can be reasoned with. )
Now, about your dreams.