[ Yelena looks over one shoulder, then the other, as if checking to see if there is anyone else the king might be waving his potato at. When she turns back to face his majesty, her head tilts to one side as she considers her response.
It is true that her knee-jerk reaction to news of the king's betrayal was to begin plotting his demise, but ruminating over how she would kill someone if she had to is simply a side effect of being a widow. It doesn't mean anything in and of itself.
She has too many questions to act on anything just yet. Why just the dozen? What is the tax? Why risk sending missives with the very people intended for trade?
Yelena wasn't going to alert the king just yet— it is significantly harder to guard someone actively panicked for his life— but evidently someone else spilled. Her response takes a few moments as Yelena weighs how honest her answer should be. ]
There is no trying involved when I intend to kill someone. You would be dead already.
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It is true that her knee-jerk reaction to news of the king's betrayal was to begin plotting his demise, but ruminating over how she would kill someone if she had to is simply a side effect of being a widow. It doesn't mean anything in and of itself.
She has too many questions to act on anything just yet. Why just the dozen? What is the tax? Why risk sending missives with the very people intended for trade?
Yelena wasn't going to alert the king just yet— it is significantly harder to guard someone actively panicked for his life— but evidently someone else spilled. Her response takes a few moments as Yelena weighs how honest her answer should be. ]
There is no trying involved when I intend to kill someone. You would be dead already.