[ he makes it sound so simple, so void of resentment. and it's true enough, at any rate; hadn't she subscribed to the same philosophy, where nikolai is involved? it costs her little to make the choice to believe him, and to relinquish the discussion in turn. a deceptive amount of neutral diplomacy makes a home in her voice accordingly. a civil agreeability that would make even nikolai lantsov proud as she smiles, fadingly. ]
Then there's nothing else that needs to be said.
[ she can't force him to have more to say, if more doesn't exist. she treads another step back, then pivots on the sole of her shoe to move from the room. it's the only method of diffusing this that she can think of — to say nothing of the fragments that still wait beyond, waiting to be pieced back together again. ]
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[ he makes it sound so simple, so void of resentment. and it's true enough, at any rate; hadn't she subscribed to the same philosophy, where nikolai is involved? it costs her little to make the choice to believe him, and to relinquish the discussion in turn. a deceptive amount of neutral diplomacy makes a home in her voice accordingly. a civil agreeability that would make even nikolai lantsov proud as she smiles, fadingly. ]
Then there's nothing else that needs to be said.
[ she can't force him to have more to say, if more doesn't exist. she treads another step back, then pivots on the sole of her shoe to move from the room. it's the only method of diffusing this that she can think of — to say nothing of the fragments that still wait beyond, waiting to be pieced back together again. ]