Yes. A good goal- but Maker, what a risky play to achieve it, and Benevenuta's lips purse for a moment. At least Ellana already sees it unlikely, but her concern is how little she sees that she may have damaged her own ability to build on it in the future. The first problem to address is never how to speak; it is how to listen.
"In the short term," she agrees, "I imagine it was very satisfying."
She doesn't sigh.
"Unfortunately, you begin with a false premise - that to them you are a person." Her tone is kind; she's frank because she must be, because this is a hard lesson but an unavoidable one if Ellana means to continue down this path. "They will not respect you for presuming yourself an equal when Halamshiral burns and you are of less use to them than dead they don't mourn as people but as tools wasted. They will not remember it the way you hope. It is a good message, but a sharp thing too quickly - there is foundation work to do, first."
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Yes. A good goal- but Maker, what a risky play to achieve it, and Benevenuta's lips purse for a moment. At least Ellana already sees it unlikely, but her concern is how little she sees that she may have damaged her own ability to build on it in the future. The first problem to address is never how to speak; it is how to listen.
"In the short term," she agrees, "I imagine it was very satisfying."
She doesn't sigh.
"Unfortunately, you begin with a false premise - that to them you are a person." Her tone is kind; she's frank because she must be, because this is a hard lesson but an unavoidable one if Ellana means to continue down this path. "They will not respect you for presuming yourself an equal when Halamshiral burns and you are of less use to them than dead they don't mourn as people but as tools wasted. They will not remember it the way you hope. It is a good message, but a sharp thing too quickly - there is foundation work to do, first."