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@delusionland said: Anna frowns at Evi. "You're poor? But you're so pretty! And you dress so nicely!"
lying and hiding were art forms she’d been mastering for as long as one could remember. graciously, despite fear—at times. it rarely was difficult to divert the interest from any topic to much nicer realms of conversation: silly card games, gossip. the last party the mighty had offered and whatever new trend people were loving in terms of fashion. for—how different was that from playing a role in any of those plays she saw and partake in when she was little? slipping inside the skin of princesses and tyrants. martyrs and judges alike.
but strangely so—anna wasn’t the kind she felt like lying to. why, she wasn’t exactly sure of; if it had to do with that energy of her, the neverending excitement, her smiles.
no, she didn’t feel like lying to her, and perhaps that’s why her first reaction was an open laugh, mask down. not mocking her, and truly entertained with the idea. “ your majesty! oh, yes do—do believe me, i’m as poor as it gets, poorer than a church mouse i’m afraid. ” which could be confusing at first sight! with her silk and a little string of gold around her wrist ( a token from last night no less ) nothing to complain about, that for sure, but nothing that would be hers for too long either. that much she has learned so far.
“ but you make a fine point there, if you allow me to say so, your grace. ” she stops for a moment, looks at her with a smile that feels like a little secret about to be shared between the two of them. “ i really am pretty, am i? and—there’s people out there who do nice things to have pretty all around them, like art collectors do all the time, wouldn’t you say? ” and this reveal, favorable to her attributes, comes out matter of factly. in the end, it’s a bit like that: a trade. a job, something to gamble with, while it lasts.
“ now! the real question here, if you allow me to insist, is how are you so pretty while being rich at the same time. like—how is that even possible OR fair! your grace, you could be using one old sack of potatoes and you’d look like the loveliest thing i’ve ever seen, i expect your arguments on that topic, please. ”