The mission- [a halting explanation as his gaze slides from her face to the window behind her. The view outside that looks more like the Wandering Isles than Ravka.] the words whispered just as I vanished from the station.
[Betrayal and sabotage on the earlier ones, and so much easier to fulfil because of it.]
I need to obey someone for twenty-four hours.
[And with that, his eyes find her again. Locked to hers, as his jaw clenches. He could throw it away, leave this one alone and come back without this one victory, had he been anyone else.
But he wasn't, he isn't and if Clara refuses, he will have to keep trying. Until there's no on left to ask.]
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[Betrayal and sabotage on the earlier ones, and so much easier to fulfil because of it.]
I need to obey someone for twenty-four hours.
[And with that, his eyes find her again. Locked to hers, as his jaw clenches. He could throw it away, leave this one alone and come back without this one victory, had he been anyone else.
But he wasn't, he isn't and if Clara refuses, he will have to keep trying. Until there's no on left to ask.]