Part of her thought she could hear 'unlike you' buried into that statement- but no, Jane had never actually implied such a thing, had she? And what she said next only served to reinforce that. So she wanted to start things off on a neutral ground.
With the bruising gone, the pain had subsided, and her vision had thankfully cleared.]
...You can't have had many enemies if you think one is tiring. Haha...when the world calls you the cause of all it's evils, you learn one person's hatred makes little difference.
And besides, if I truly hated you, I would have made certain you burned. It wouldn't be a first for me.
[Whilst the words were bolder, her voice was tired, tentative for fear of any of this going back to her cousin. But there was another implication there- that Jane wasn't someone she actually hated, or even particularly disliked. She grated on her, sure, but the rest was mostly misplaced anger and fear.]
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Part of her thought she could hear 'unlike you' buried into that statement- but no, Jane had never actually implied such a thing, had she? And what she said next only served to reinforce that. So she wanted to start things off on a neutral ground.
With the bruising gone, the pain had subsided, and her vision had thankfully cleared.]
...You can't have had many enemies if you think one is tiring. Haha...when the world calls you the cause of all it's evils, you learn one person's hatred makes little difference.
And besides, if I truly hated you, I would have made certain you burned. It wouldn't be a first for me.
[Whilst the words were bolder, her voice was tired, tentative for fear of any of this going back to her cousin. But there was another implication there- that Jane wasn't someone she actually hated, or even particularly disliked. She grated on her, sure, but the rest was mostly misplaced anger and fear.]
...I'm not adverse to a truce.