[She hasn't said it... and maybe Hayame wouldn't ever think to be so open and vulnerable-sounding for no reason beyond verbalizing appreciation, but. Whether he knows it or not... She did not think that Estinien shared that worldview. At least, to the extend she believed a man was capable of.
After all... He had put a knife in her hand as if she were a man, his equal. And rather than demand something from her in exchange for it, as honestly would have been his right, he had offered his service to her instead. She wouldn't be here beside him right now if she considered him to be the sort of two-legged man she was familiar with.
She wishes she took more satisfaction from the idea of the Achamites fearing her. That the bloody head brought her pride. But at least if they did begin to know her, fear her-]
Do you think if we kill enough of them that the Regent himself will appear in person... ? Or at least one of his lieutenants...
[She gives him that, at least, even if she didn't realize. "We".]
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After all... He had put a knife in her hand as if she were a man, his equal. And rather than demand something from her in exchange for it, as honestly would have been his right, he had offered his service to her instead. She wouldn't be here beside him right now if she considered him to be the sort of two-legged man she was familiar with.
She wishes she took more satisfaction from the idea of the Achamites fearing her. That the bloody head brought her pride. But at least if they did begin to know her, fear her-]
Do you think if we kill enough of them that the Regent himself will appear in person... ? Or at least one of his lieutenants...
[She gives him that, at least, even if she didn't realize. "We".]