[ yennefer only knows so much about these saints that alina has made reference to, but she also knows about the futility of trying to measure yourself against anyone else's prowess.
that said, her attention is specifically pinged by the particular tense being used in that remark, which may or may not even be conscious. ]
He's one of the few here you mentioned? [ someone to be aware of, at the very least. ]
[ it's obvious in her little stutter that alina hadn't meant to make that apparent. but then, she hasn't said his name, has she? there's nothing to connect him to aleksander. nothing to indicate she knows it's him.
and yennefer, she's not the type to go spill secrets. surely. ]
He is.
[ she doesn't offer more than that, though. doesn't know what else to say before her throat closes up. ]
[ that reaction tells her all she needs to know, for now. but yennefer doesn't need to know who it is, specifically, or the significance he poses. alina's already offered plenty in terms of how she weighs her own power against his, makes those comparisons that she might not even be that conscious of.
still, it's something to file away for the future, depending on whenever she meets the other half of this. ]
Regardless, the sooner you stop equating yourself to anyone else, the less pressure you'll feel to get it right on their terms. You have no equal, Alina. And that's hardly a flaw.
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that said, her attention is specifically pinged by the particular tense being used in that remark, which may or may not even be conscious. ]
He's one of the few here you mentioned? [ someone to be aware of, at the very least. ]
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[ it's obvious in her little stutter that alina hadn't meant to make that apparent. but then, she hasn't said his name, has she? there's nothing to connect him to aleksander. nothing to indicate she knows it's him.
and yennefer, she's not the type to go spill secrets. surely. ]
He is.
[ she doesn't offer more than that, though. doesn't know what else to say before her throat closes up. ]
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still, it's something to file away for the future, depending on whenever she meets the other half of this. ]
Regardless, the sooner you stop equating yourself to anyone else, the less pressure you'll feel to get it right on their terms. You have no equal, Alina. And that's hardly a flaw.
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[ if she could just will herself to stop caring, to stop feeling the burden of her people's survival, she would. but it hangs around her like a fog. ]
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[ said with a bit of a chuckle, because she understands it — the frustration, the concern about what other people think, all of it. ]
I’m glad you told me the truth.
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