[Ethlyn grimaces. She's had her fights with Sigurd, but she couldn't imagine ever hating him enough to want him dead.
But she thinks of Lex, laid-back and light with his words, and eschewing any talk of his relationship with his father and brother. Tailtiu, so glibly professing disinterest in the political machinations that ruled her household, yet remaining with Sigurd when someone truly flippant would have run back to her father's rule for safety.
She can't think that they would have abandoned Sigurd when he pushed back into Grannvale. They might well have been forced to confront their own kin in battle.]
All the way to Fodlan? You would have thought that once you were gone, they wouldn't have considered you a threat anymore. They could just slander you in peace until it was poisonous enough for you to stay away.
[Not that that had worked for Sigurd. He hadn't returned simply to clear his name--his mere presence was a threat to the men who had pinned their own crimes on his family.]
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But she thinks of Lex, laid-back and light with his words, and eschewing any talk of his relationship with his father and brother. Tailtiu, so glibly professing disinterest in the political machinations that ruled her household, yet remaining with Sigurd when someone truly flippant would have run back to her father's rule for safety.
She can't think that they would have abandoned Sigurd when he pushed back into Grannvale. They might well have been forced to confront their own kin in battle.]
All the way to Fodlan? You would have thought that once you were gone, they wouldn't have considered you a threat anymore. They could just slander you in peace until it was poisonous enough for you to stay away.
[Not that that had worked for Sigurd. He hadn't returned simply to clear his name--his mere presence was a threat to the men who had pinned their own crimes on his family.]