[For those moments, she simply listens. Maybe Beatrix does that a lot, actually. Listening more than speaking herself. That's usually how she prefers it. She supposes it's what she'd prefer in comparison to what she otherwise would likely be in a position to do. Or expected to do.
She understands why Oriphi feels the way she does. Of course. They likely all have their own reflections of similarity. Feeling as if they aren't fully themselves. Or the best version of themselves. The truth is, and Beatrix knows there, it wouldn't have mattered how strong she was. That version of Eustace. She never could have prevailed. That's just the way it is. She was always doomed to fail. Most likely.
Power in the hands of one capable to take something like that down... No one should have that kind of capability. Not even Beatrix.]
You do not owe me any apologies. What happened has happened, correct? There is no point in lingering on it now. We said and did the things we had to do. We cannot go back and undo them. It is what it is. We do not need to be discussing this.
[In a way, they're the right things to say. In a way, she even believes them. When they apply to anyone except herself. And in a way, she simply doesn't want to discuss it. Because that's how she is. She avoids the things she doesn't want to face. Evades. Runs in that proverbial way.]
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She understands why Oriphi feels the way she does. Of course. They likely all have their own reflections of similarity. Feeling as if they aren't fully themselves. Or the best version of themselves. The truth is, and Beatrix knows there, it wouldn't have mattered how strong she was. That version of Eustace. She never could have prevailed. That's just the way it is. She was always doomed to fail. Most likely.
Power in the hands of one capable to take something like that down... No one should have that kind of capability. Not even Beatrix.]
You do not owe me any apologies. What happened has happened, correct? There is no point in lingering on it now. We said and did the things we had to do. We cannot go back and undo them. It is what it is. We do not need to be discussing this.
[In a way, they're the right things to say. In a way, she even believes them. When they apply to anyone except herself. And in a way, she simply doesn't want to discuss it. Because that's how she is. She avoids the things she doesn't want to face. Evades. Runs in that proverbial way.]