( She appears, for a moment, to consider him again, as if her perspective has shifted — as if the child-man of great hope she had glimpsed earlier has now dispelled.
More of the date, then, carefully: )
He will kill me. Or he will control me. You must have seen. It is so with all of us. Those who are powerful, above the average, those who can lead others of the dead. Such as myself. The cousin Rathakku. The cousin Unhalad.
( A shudder, then. ) He is dead.
( And firmer: ) Matthias would enslave as he already has the weaker of my people. I protect them. I protect myself. Should I not?
no subject
( She appears, for a moment, to consider him again, as if her perspective has shifted — as if the child-man of great hope she had glimpsed earlier has now dispelled.
More of the date, then, carefully: )
He will kill me. Or he will control me. You must have seen. It is so with all of us. Those who are powerful, above the average, those who can lead others of the dead. Such as myself. The cousin Rathakku. The cousin Unhalad.
( A shudder, then. ) He is dead.
( And firmer: ) Matthias would enslave as he already has the weaker of my people. I protect them. I protect myself. Should I not?