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[disingenuous]

caw caw motherfucker

make a group of you

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[disingenuous]

Political upheaval?

[ it's just a guess. she doesn't quite know the position of power the guy crow sniped was, but it seemed up there. ]

[chevaliered]

… That was the spark finally catching something that had been burning dangerously close to exploding for a long, long time. So, yeah. Political upheaval’s not a bad way of putting it.

[ sometimes you trigger a civil war, y’know? ]

[disingenuous]

Did you try to do damage control after?

[ She helped cause a revolt in her own family, so it's not like she doesn't know how that works. ]

[chevaliered]

[ crow 🤝 roxana
cause a little chaos as a treat ]

Maybe a little. When I think about how peaceful some places were under the Empire, it was only fair I tried to mitigate some of the damage from what I did.

[disingenuous]

You really want to seem less caring than you are, don't you>

[chevaliered]

I’m as caring as I make myself out to be. There’s no smoke and mirrors here.

[disingenuous]

[ She just looks at him.

His entire memory shows how much hot air that is. ]

[chevaliered]

[ he just looks back. YEAH? ]

... Who was the guy, by the way? The one you faked the death of.

[disingenuous]

The son of another noble family. The son of my father's enemy.

[chevaliered]

[ he whistles, impressed. ]

You take your teenage rebellion very seriously, huh?

[ crow approves. ]

[disingenuous]

This was political upheaval I didn't want to see come to life.

[ or death. since cassis dying would have led to a war and her death. ]

[chevaliered]

And faking a death was one way around it?

[ good for her, avoid that death. ]

[disingenuous]

Yes. He was an important heir, so it wasn't difficult to foresee the possible ramifications if he wasn't returned to his family.

[ Even without all her knowledge, it wouldn't be hard to put two and two together. ]

My father only cares about his own interests.

[chevaliered]

...

Your father sounds like a delight every time you mention him. [ THE DRYNESS IN HIS TONE. ]

[disingenuous]

[ Her smile is faint. ]

It's not uncommon for nobility to turn out that way.

[chevaliered]

Mm.

For every decent noble out there, I've met a few I'd actively work to screw over if I had the time and energy to do so. [ ro's valid. go ro. ]

[disingenuous]

[ is she valid..... she is still helping her father do a bunch of shitty things. ]

It's all about the time and energy. There's not enough of it.

[chevaliered]

[ she's valid because i said so. ]

Mm. You have to decide where to focus it and make the most of it.