If she has respect for him at all, it's in the bearing of those teeth. She feared, in her way, to find a man the ilk of Tati Tope, or of the other chieftains that would rather drink than prepare.
But something pulls, hard, in the thud of her heart as she looks at him. She has been this man, she had watched it all fall, like this man. Felt his losses, his gains, stared it all down. She had lost, she had lost it all and she tastes the smoke of it as often as she lets herself dream anymore - but he and his own did not have to suffer that fate. It curls and curls tight around her limbs, her lungs and sets itself hard as armour.
"Conquerors often like to preach their virtues and act their vices, it is their way." She nods, slowly, more in consideration to what he says than anything. Fingers tapping on her leg. "Have you thought to obtain them for yourself?" It had worked with Tesla, it could work here too.
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But something pulls, hard, in the thud of her heart as she looks at him. She has been this man, she had watched it all fall, like this man. Felt his losses, his gains, stared it all down. She had lost, she had lost it all and she tastes the smoke of it as often as she lets herself dream anymore - but he and his own did not have to suffer that fate. It curls and curls tight around her limbs, her lungs and sets itself hard as armour.
"Conquerors often like to preach their virtues and act their vices, it is their way." She nods, slowly, more in consideration to what he says than anything. Fingers tapping on her leg. "Have you thought to obtain them for yourself?" It had worked with Tesla, it could work here too.