it's pretty, because benevenuta is pretty and that's unavoidable, but it's not a nice smile. it's not a being nice smile, the sort she occasionally bestows as if the person she's speaking to is a clever child who has correctly come to the conclusion they were being led to, benevolently patronizing. it's that she's smiling because she understands and not because she's glad. because he's right, and it's always exhilarating to hear it said back to her by someone who believes it, too. )
The Chantry views the war won, and all of us merely on an exciting field trip soon to end.
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it's pretty, because benevenuta is pretty and that's unavoidable, but it's not a nice smile. it's not a being nice smile, the sort she occasionally bestows as if the person she's speaking to is a clever child who has correctly come to the conclusion they were being led to, benevolently patronizing. it's that she's smiling because she understands and not because she's glad. because he's right, and it's always exhilarating to hear it said back to her by someone who believes it, too. )
The Chantry views the war won, and all of us merely on an exciting field trip soon to end.