Her ears hear the rest of what he says, but it doesn't sink in. Somehow, even after what Anders told her in the herb garden, she'd convinced herself that if she just had the chance to put herself in front of the Senior Wardens, if they just had a chance to see her and see how badly she wants to serve, that would make everything else fall into place. Even now, a loud voice in the back of her mind insists that this is wrong, this isn't how it's supposed to go--
Her eyes are wet again without her permission. She takes the tiniest of steps towards him; her chin trembles. "Please," she repeats, but whatever words she had prepared for him, she can't make herself say them without losing her composure. Still, she begs, her hands clasped together in front of her chest. "--please--"
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Her ears hear the rest of what he says, but it doesn't sink in. Somehow, even after what Anders told her in the herb garden, she'd convinced herself that if she just had the chance to put herself in front of the Senior Wardens, if they just had a chance to see her and see how badly she wants to serve, that would make everything else fall into place. Even now, a loud voice in the back of her mind insists that this is wrong, this isn't how it's supposed to go--
Her eyes are wet again without her permission. She takes the tiniest of steps towards him; her chin trembles. "Please," she repeats, but whatever words she had prepared for him, she can't make herself say them without losing her composure. Still, she begs, her hands clasped together in front of her chest. "--please--"