[ Marianne replies curtly, only digging her heels in. She had merely parroted the words of the priestess back to him, assuming whatever he saw was the cause of his stubborn behavior to uncover the cause of the disturbances. Curiosity getting the better of him.
She doesn't want to think about the other her in that memory. A woman who was so unhappy - how could it tempt her? She is content with her life in Aldrip. It's where she belongs, and it's easier to bury her doubts than it is to work through the confusion.
Still, his words dig into her and Marianne finds herself turning the question around to deflect the subject from herself. That she would try to debate him at all would, in another life, have shocked herself. ]
Why is it that you lack faith, Claude? What good is there in chasing the emptiness? Are you perhaps dissatisfied with the life you've led that you would seek another?
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[ Marianne replies curtly, only digging her heels in. She had merely parroted the words of the priestess back to him, assuming whatever he saw was the cause of his stubborn behavior to uncover the cause of the disturbances. Curiosity getting the better of him.
She doesn't want to think about the other her in that memory. A woman who was so unhappy - how could it tempt her? She is content with her life in Aldrip. It's where she belongs, and it's easier to bury her doubts than it is to work through the confusion.
Still, his words dig into her and Marianne finds herself turning the question around to deflect the subject from herself. That she would try to debate him at all would, in another life, have shocked herself. ]
Why is it that you lack faith, Claude? What good is there in chasing the emptiness? Are you perhaps dissatisfied with the life you've led that you would seek another?