04.Sep.13, 01:52 AM
Kira glanced between Warkhim and her fingers, clenched tightly together. His words weren't much of a consolation. She still couldn't trust him when it came to things like this. He had hidden a child from her! A child! When he had no reason to hide it from her... Except for it having been born out of wedlock, and knowing how she had been frightened of child's and childbirth. The drudge supposed that it was possible he had done it to spare her, but that made it all the worse when she found out.
Her gaze tilted up towards the Harper once more when he said that she didn't owe her family anything. She didn't? A frown creased her brow. That was news to her. According to them, she owed them everything. And in a way, she did. Kimora had been the one to take care of them when their mother had died, and her father had always been caring, if distant and traditional. How could she simply turn her back on them?
Kira gave a soft sigh. She had a lot to think about. There was no way she could make a good, decent, informed decision about her life when her emotions were like this. When her heart beat as painfully as it did.
"I... I..." She made a start, but then halted, unsure of what she was going to say to Warkhim. After a few more moments, Kira made another attempt. "I un-nders-s-stand, and I thin-nk.... That I should w-wait a bit bef-fore deciding anything. Today has-s been too ev-eventful to make any good decisions ab-bout anything. Pleas-se, I appreciate ev-very-thing you have done, but... I need to thin-nk."
She stood, pale and shaken, only wanting to run from the library and disappear. But Kira made herself give the man a curtsy for his kindness. When she turned tail, Kira was able to leave the library with a stiff spine and measured steps. They probably betrayed how much she wanted to run to anyone else, but that mattered little to her. What mattered to her was that she hadn't run when she wanted to.
But the moment she was out of sight and able to, Kira did. Straight back home and to her room, where she could curl beneath her furs and hide away from the world for a time.
Her gaze tilted up towards the Harper once more when he said that she didn't owe her family anything. She didn't? A frown creased her brow. That was news to her. According to them, she owed them everything. And in a way, she did. Kimora had been the one to take care of them when their mother had died, and her father had always been caring, if distant and traditional. How could she simply turn her back on them?
Kira gave a soft sigh. She had a lot to think about. There was no way she could make a good, decent, informed decision about her life when her emotions were like this. When her heart beat as painfully as it did.
"I... I..." She made a start, but then halted, unsure of what she was going to say to Warkhim. After a few more moments, Kira made another attempt. "I un-nders-s-stand, and I thin-nk.... That I should w-wait a bit bef-fore deciding anything. Today has-s been too ev-eventful to make any good decisions ab-bout anything. Pleas-se, I appreciate ev-very-thing you have done, but... I need to thin-nk."
She stood, pale and shaken, only wanting to run from the library and disappear. But Kira made herself give the man a curtsy for his kindness. When she turned tail, Kira was able to leave the library with a stiff spine and measured steps. They probably betrayed how much she wanted to run to anyone else, but that mattered little to her. What mattered to her was that she hadn't run when she wanted to.
But the moment she was out of sight and able to, Kira did. Straight back home and to her room, where she could curl beneath her furs and hide away from the world for a time.