"It's her trial, I--" Already the words were stilted, as if she couldn't truly trust or believe them. "She said the Herald told her to destroy me. To bind me. And Murphy told me she refused."
Stupid. Neria had been so stupid to trust it. She put her face briefly in her hands and her shoulders gave a single shudder, as if she might begin to sob in earnest. Somehow, she did not. "She told me she refused and...and said she wanted to give me something to help me with mine. All I kept thinking was that I-- I wanted her to stay with us. To stay with me." Everyone was slipping from her grasp.
She wiped at her tears with the heels of her hands. "I didn't want to take it but she insisted. And...she didn't give anything. She simply plumbed me of what was mine and bound me." Neria gestured. "And then she went off and did the same thing to Archer. Bound his will like a Servant to her whim."
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Stupid. Neria had been so stupid to trust it. She put her face briefly in her hands and her shoulders gave a single shudder, as if she might begin to sob in earnest. Somehow, she did not. "She told me she refused and...and said she wanted to give me something to help me with mine. All I kept thinking was that I-- I wanted her to stay with us. To stay with me." Everyone was slipping from her grasp.
She wiped at her tears with the heels of her hands. "I didn't want to take it but she insisted. And...she didn't give anything. She simply plumbed me of what was mine and bound me." Neria gestured. "And then she went off and did the same thing to Archer. Bound his will like a Servant to her whim."