"It is prefered we do not use the 'h' word. Diplomatic fictions are so important. Besides! That is all in the past now. I am attached to the embassy in some capacity or other. I am certain there is another title in there somewhere." He waves a hand, as though that can rid the air of the whole topic. "The queen will keep her word, always. It is the word you need to be careful of. Alia, meanwhile - Alia is an experience one must discover on one's own. Just be grateful she has lost half her blessings."
They had argued about that, about the folly of letting people know she was less gifted now than she had some been. But there was no fighting the princess when she had gotten an idea in her head, and Henri couldn't deny that she made a fair point about the gift of music not really coming into political machinations.
He lets the woman go without hesitation. "I am grateful to have never been anything other than myself, mademoiselle. But I have seen the scars the claws any curse may leave on a person. I understand, I think, what you mean."
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Date: 2014-12-10 08:11 am (UTC)They had argued about that, about the folly of letting people know she was less gifted now than she had some been. But there was no fighting the princess when she had gotten an idea in her head, and Henri couldn't deny that she made a fair point about the gift of music not really coming into political machinations.
He lets the woman go without hesitation. "I am grateful to have never been anything other than myself, mademoiselle. But I have seen the scars the claws any curse may leave on a person. I understand, I think, what you mean."