It takes a moment... but when it clicks, the color drains from her face all at once. Her mind whirls through a strange series of emotions as her heart begins to race- disbelief, amusement, anger, downright panic. Her expression is blank, but her wings are stiff.
Well, all of their successful attempts to keep her from courting make complete sense now.
It takes another moment for her to find her voice, a moment filled with uneasy shuffling of a few of the younger angels, but when she does, the words are forced through a tight throat. "A... political marriage." A beat. "....you can't be serious."
The angel-elder studies her, a full on appraisal in open view. "Yes, my lady, we are perfectly serious. There is no better way to reverse the historical and, unfortunately, present views and misconceptions between our peoples. It is an example that only the two of you are in power to set."
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Well, all of their successful attempts to keep her from courting make complete sense now.
It takes another moment for her to find her voice, a moment filled with uneasy shuffling of a few of the younger angels, but when she does, the words are forced through a tight throat. "A... political marriage." A beat. "....you can't be serious."
The angel-elder studies her, a full on appraisal in open view. "Yes, my lady, we are perfectly serious. There is no better way to reverse the historical and, unfortunately, present views and misconceptions between our peoples. It is an example that only the two of you are in power to set."