We can part with some of the jewelry if they like,
( more graciously, as gwenaΓ«lle follows after her, conscious of the way that alexandrie does slightly manage her predisposition to being fucking recalcitrant and deciding to ignore it. though, after a beat: )
We'll go first, ( she explains to their new wards, gesturing between herself and alexandrie, ) and you don't go anywhere that we haven't already double-checked is clear.
( if they make an oddly-matched pair, and a curious choice for more or less the entirety of this task: her stubbornness on this point is clear. she isn't risking losing one of them to carelessness at this late stage, not when they've been so successful so far. if anyone had hiddenβ
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( more graciously, as gwenaΓ«lle follows after her, conscious of the way that alexandrie does slightly manage her predisposition to being fucking recalcitrant and deciding to ignore it. though, after a beat: )
We'll go first, ( she explains to their new wards, gesturing between herself and alexandrie, ) and you don't go anywhere that we haven't already double-checked is clear.
( if they make an oddly-matched pair, and a curious choice for more or less the entirety of this task: her stubbornness on this point is clear. she isn't risking losing one of them to carelessness at this late stage, not when they've been so successful so far. if anyone had hiddenβ
well, they'll find them first. )