Easiest way for me to have become Queen is for me to have married Shellhead, or some other piece of royalty I knew--
[ Nia begins, but gets thoroughly distracted when Taion gives his estimate of how many years its been. ]
A thousand!? ...bloody hell.
[ She is, all things considered, a relatively young flesh eater. She knows they can live for a long time. Like, a really long time. Just look at Jin! What's a thousand years, after his five hundred, huh? But... she'd never bothered to apply that train of thought to herself, before. The idea that she'd live for a thousand years... maybe even longer... It kind of makes her dizzy. ]
Well. I s'pose that explains how - how I became Queen of a place I don't- I don't even recognize the name of.
[ She's fanning herself, a little. ]
Bloody hell, a thousand is a long time... And I...
[ She stops, hugging herself as she really, really takes his words in. The idea that she could make such a positive impact on someone isn't the most baffling part of this, but it's still deeply embarrassing on a way she doesn't know how to handle. He's being so earnest, and she's only just met him, and...
Well, nothing to it. She offers him a smile. ]
I'm- well, I have no idea what I did in your world, in your future, but... I'm glad I was able to help you. I guess. [ She laughs, nervous. ] Architect, who let me be queen, I'm awful at - speeches. [ or even remembering the right word for things, for that matter. This wasn't, exactly, a speech. ]
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[ Nia begins, but gets thoroughly distracted when Taion gives his estimate of how many years its been. ]
A thousand!? ...bloody hell.
[ She is, all things considered, a relatively young flesh eater. She knows they can live for a long time. Like, a really long time. Just look at Jin! What's a thousand years, after his five hundred, huh? But... she'd never bothered to apply that train of thought to herself, before. The idea that she'd live for a thousand years... maybe even longer... It kind of makes her dizzy. ]
Well. I s'pose that explains how - how I became Queen of a place I don't- I don't even recognize the name of.
[ She's fanning herself, a little. ]
Bloody hell, a thousand is a long time... And I...
[ She stops, hugging herself as she really, really takes his words in. The idea that she could make such a positive impact on someone isn't the most baffling part of this, but it's still deeply embarrassing on a way she doesn't know how to handle. He's being so earnest, and she's only just met him, and...
Well, nothing to it. She offers him a smile. ]
I'm- well, I have no idea what I did in your world, in your future, but... I'm glad I was able to help you. I guess. [ She laughs, nervous. ] Architect, who let me be queen, I'm awful at - speeches. [ or even remembering the right word for things, for that matter. This wasn't, exactly, a speech. ]