[ Cadence’s primping slows for a second as Clay’s words settle.
“You surely do not want such violent attentions…?”
Cadence curtly snaps her compact shut, as if the sharp noise alone can banish the lingering ghosts of the past. ]
I’m not “inviting” anything—you can react however you choose. But yes, if I’ve had a lot of people project their own actions onto me, if that’s what you mean. It’s easier to blame my kind for a deadly shipwreck than a bad captain who remains in power both on land and sea.
[ She’s blatantly deflecting, but it’s not untrue: for as many men’s lives that she’s scuttled, Cadence has been blamed nearly as much for an unprovoked wandering eye destroying house and home all on his own. ]
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“You surely do not want such violent attentions…?”
Cadence curtly snaps her compact shut, as if the sharp noise alone can banish the lingering ghosts of the past. ]
I’m not “inviting” anything—you can react however you choose. But yes, if I’ve had a lot of people project their own actions onto me, if that’s what you mean. It’s easier to blame my kind for a deadly shipwreck than a bad captain who remains in power both on land and sea.
[ She’s blatantly deflecting, but it’s not untrue: for as many men’s lives that she’s scuttled, Cadence has been blamed nearly as much for an unprovoked wandering eye destroying house and home all on his own. ]