Presently there was a knock on the door, and soon the first and second floor were filled with the most fashionably dressed ladies and distinguished gentlemen that Rei had ever seen. And every one of them wanted a moment of her time. She moved among them, or perhaps they passed her around the room, where she smiled sweetly and made pretty answers to their questions of what books she had read and how she would wear her hair in the spring. She felt like a pet amongst the nobility, allowed only there because of how precious she was to them. None of them seemed to mind that they had come apparently to meet her yet she wasn’t going to stay, or perhaps they hadn’t been told. Perhaps Colette or whomever else was hoping she would change her mind.
“And what have you studied?” an elderly woman asked, inspecting Rei through opera monocles.
“Literature,” Rei told her.
“Really? Positively exquisite. Far more interesting …show more content…
“Please, dear,” Priscilla insisted, “Hear me a moment. I understand the world isn’t always kind, but we were not made without struggle. I do not wish to belittle your choices, for not every corner of life is for everyone, but have you fully considered the consequences of going through with this? Are you aware –”
The sister stopped very suddenly, for Colette herself had appeared but a few feet away. From the way Priscilla looked, catching the watching woman in her peripheral vision, and the agitated way she began to wring her hands, Rei could tell that the sister hadn’t actually been invited here.
“I do not know your name,” Colette began very quietly, “but I shall find out in but a moment. And I should not think that Chantry walls will keep you from punishment. Now get up very quietly and leave without a
“And what have you studied?” an elderly woman asked, inspecting Rei through opera monocles.
“Literature,” Rei told her.
“Really? Positively exquisite. Far more interesting …show more content…
“Please, dear,” Priscilla insisted, “Hear me a moment. I understand the world isn’t always kind, but we were not made without struggle. I do not wish to belittle your choices, for not every corner of life is for everyone, but have you fully considered the consequences of going through with this? Are you aware –”
The sister stopped very suddenly, for Colette herself had appeared but a few feet away. From the way Priscilla looked, catching the watching woman in her peripheral vision, and the agitated way she began to wring her hands, Rei could tell that the sister hadn’t actually been invited here.
“I do not know your name,” Colette began very quietly, “but I shall find out in but a moment. And I should not think that Chantry walls will keep you from punishment. Now get up very quietly and leave without a