Neither wanton nor desperate. A person who has chosen to be beholden to other people, and other people's whims and wishes rather than her own. There is... There is an easiness to resignation. To saying that you are not in charge of your own destiny, that you cannot change it, that you can only resent it and move on. A comfort, even. That is why so many of my own people are willing to go back to captivity and the Circle - having a place takes a large burden of life off one's shoulders.
[His voice gets less quiet; there's an undertone of passion there now.]
But how can it possibly be worth it? How can you give up the world, your skills, your passions, for a pretty cage with bars made of familial and societal approval? There is no end to the expectations, and no end to the pitfalls. What if he's not able to father a child? What if you're not able to bear? What if he loses his lands and title and you have no place left and are bound to him?
no subject
[His voice is quiet.]
Neither wanton nor desperate. A person who has chosen to be beholden to other people, and other people's whims and wishes rather than her own. There is... There is an easiness to resignation. To saying that you are not in charge of your own destiny, that you cannot change it, that you can only resent it and move on. A comfort, even. That is why so many of my own people are willing to go back to captivity and the Circle - having a place takes a large burden of life off one's shoulders.
[His voice gets less quiet; there's an undertone of passion there now.]
But how can it possibly be worth it? How can you give up the world, your skills, your passions, for a pretty cage with bars made of familial and societal approval? There is no end to the expectations, and no end to the pitfalls. What if he's not able to father a child? What if you're not able to bear? What if he loses his lands and title and you have no place left and are bound to him?