𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚇𝙾𝚃𝙸𝙲.⋆

     “I don’t mean to be nosy but could you do that just one more time? I’ve never seen such a technique before…”                                                                                                                                ♡ @dansiere​

✩⋆ . TO BE IN THE CENTER OF [SHORT-LIVED] ADMIRATION / POSSESSING SKILLS NOT SEEN BY MANY; why yes, a certain kind of bafflement on other’s end was to be expected / ever one to resort to rather unorthodox techniques after all. Deem them a result of different abilities amassed over centuries; still a knight / dancer / fencer, first & foremost. Ah, but remember: variation had only been applied to work around physical insufficiencies; indeed, there was no point in denying that much. -- perhaps it made her a more efficient teacher in the end. 

❛ It’s only natural to worry about her, Pearl. That’s apart of loving someone, I’ve learned. Just as she worries about you and if you’ll make it through the next battle. Sometimes, it’s better to simply look towards life after all of this. Give yourself something to look forward to, something else to fight for.❜

✩⋆ . “you sound just like her.” cue a pause – ‘twas a statement briskly made / perhaps a tad too impulsive; tone haunted by some involuntary tremble. -- yet again rueful, almost / merely intoned to clandestinely apologize for her outburst / this impromptu sincerity she ought to usually suppress. Oh say, why wouldn't you dream of a bright future lying ahead instead? Remember what dearest Rose once said: (y)ours to grasp if you would only stop worrying [if you would only stop sacrificing yourself! EASIER SAID THAN DONE].