@seekjoy / unglory said : do you think we fight hopeless wars?
𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎? Pieck hoped her own confusion didn’t look too obvious upon her features, keeping her brows set despite the ways her eyes flitted from one side to the other. Was it a trap? Did he suspect something of her? Was the veil of her identity finally about to be lifted and her entire safe haven ripped from her fingers? Pieck knew she had to play it calmly, steady her breathing and stop clenching her damn jaw. It was just a question, after all.
“ I didn’t pick you to be the kind to ask such philosophical questions. ” It was mused while she managed to get herself back under control, well - she hoped she had, anyway. She continued to slice the vegetables and throw them bit by bit into the soup as it boiled along beside her, careful not to slice her own fingers off with the lack of concentration she was paying to the craft. All spare cognitive thought being paid to Robb, careful not to fumble her words or risk her cover being blown.
“ I don’t think they’re hopeless, I would consider them more to be unnecessary, actually. But I also understand the principle of necessary evil. ” Sliding another lot of vegetables into the pot and giving it a stir, her eyes finally flicked up to the Royalty before her, brow raising in a little quip of a challenge. “ If the soup tonight tastes awful, you can put the blame all on yourself. ”
