Relief floods through her and she relaxes, dropping her head to lean against Korrin's shoulder to collect herself for a moment before she moves, reaching up to brush a thumb along her bottom lip.
"You are a treasure, sirena." She sighs to hear those words returned because she knows she's young and terrible, her romantic streak at least a mile wide but she can't help it, she falls for the vivacious and lively, for the interesting, there are some who just draw her in completely. "And yes, it was more than just a joke. I was so close to telling you but you were leaving and some words have a way of eating holes in you. I thought I gave it away every time I talked about politics or the nobles; I've seen them from both sides now, I know how to talk and act around them when I'm at all of Leandra's councils and audiences. Castileos seems to have more in common with Orlais than some would be comfortable with." Not the complete disregard but that way of having to play a part. If they'd known how good she was at the start, would she have been treated as she had? As just some girl falling through the sky? Perhaps, but it was a risk that for once she'd been too scared to take.
"I was stealing her jewellery. Or planning to. It wasn't even about the jewellery although her things are so very fine I could have retired for good on that alone, bought a fine ship, become a lady of leisure but no, what greater challenge is there than to sneak into the palace and the queen's bedchamber?" Laughing, she shakes her head, tucking her hair behind her eyes because she was never a shy child but once or twice she would hide behind it and moments like these it's a very great temptation. "Leandra had her spies, including the other queensguard and she learned about me, about my parents and that we all love the sea greatly, that I was prone to mischief but never malice. There was an assassin plot she tweaked as a test of loyalty: if I killed them and saved her then clearly I was good of heart, if I did not then her guards were stationed so close she would have been in no danger but I would never have seen the light of day.
"What would anyone do in that situation? I killed the assassins, everyone burst in, she said my reward for saving her life and punishment for theft was my service to her. I said my vow before the day had ended. The others were...less than pleased at first."
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"You are a treasure, sirena." She sighs to hear those words returned because she knows she's young and terrible, her romantic streak at least a mile wide but she can't help it, she falls for the vivacious and lively, for the interesting, there are some who just draw her in completely. "And yes, it was more than just a joke. I was so close to telling you but you were leaving and some words have a way of eating holes in you. I thought I gave it away every time I talked about politics or the nobles; I've seen them from both sides now, I know how to talk and act around them when I'm at all of Leandra's councils and audiences. Castileos seems to have more in common with Orlais than some would be comfortable with." Not the complete disregard but that way of having to play a part. If they'd known how good she was at the start, would she have been treated as she had? As just some girl falling through the sky? Perhaps, but it was a risk that for once she'd been too scared to take.
"I was stealing her jewellery. Or planning to. It wasn't even about the jewellery although her things are so very fine I could have retired for good on that alone, bought a fine ship, become a lady of leisure but no, what greater challenge is there than to sneak into the palace and the queen's bedchamber?" Laughing, she shakes her head, tucking her hair behind her eyes because she was never a shy child but once or twice she would hide behind it and moments like these it's a very great temptation. "Leandra had her spies, including the other queensguard and she learned about me, about my parents and that we all love the sea greatly, that I was prone to mischief but never malice. There was an assassin plot she tweaked as a test of loyalty: if I killed them and saved her then clearly I was good of heart, if I did not then her guards were stationed so close she would have been in no danger but I would never have seen the light of day.
"What would anyone do in that situation? I killed the assassins, everyone burst in, she said my reward for saving her life and punishment for theft was my service to her. I said my vow before the day had ended. The others were...less than pleased at first."