[Jade gives a solemn nod of understanding as she listens closely, watching her friend's face for any particular tells. Was the relationship actually contentious, she wonders, or just cold and distant? But it seems that in learning to understand one another, there's room to move forward— for things to change.
It would never be the same as having her own parents, she's sure, but she's glad to see that Marianne seems focused on the present and future, rather than the past.]
I wish you the best, when you see him again.
[And when Marianne offers her own condolences in turn, she pauses for a moment, wondering how much she should say— how much she wants to say. Eleven is gone now, as is Dimitri as she'd known him, and she and Hendrik don't share the close friendship that they had under different circumstances. Otherwise, they would all have been obvious choices to share these sorts of thoughts with, but as it stands...
She doesn't wish to burden Marianne, but she does want to be honest with her.]
... when I was very young, a neighboring kingdom was invaded by monsters— creatures of darkness, acting as a single army. The kingdom fell, and the influence of those monsters as well as their leader spread. The kingdom I'm from— it fell under that influence. My mother had already been gone for some years, but my father— the king— had his mind taken from him by the Dark Lord.
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It would never be the same as having her own parents, she's sure, but she's glad to see that Marianne seems focused on the present and future, rather than the past.]
I wish you the best, when you see him again.
[And when Marianne offers her own condolences in turn, she pauses for a moment, wondering how much she should say— how much she wants to say. Eleven is gone now, as is Dimitri as she'd known him, and she and Hendrik don't share the close friendship that they had under different circumstances. Otherwise, they would all have been obvious choices to share these sorts of thoughts with, but as it stands...
She doesn't wish to burden Marianne, but she does want to be honest with her.]
... when I was very young, a neighboring kingdom was invaded by monsters— creatures of darkness, acting as a single army. The kingdom fell, and the influence of those monsters as well as their leader spread. The kingdom I'm from— it fell under that influence. My mother had already been gone for some years, but my father— the king— had his mind taken from him by the Dark Lord.