Her smile grows a little more fond as he blushes. He hates his tendency to go red-faced, she knows, but she has ever found it endearing. "She is, as stubborn as either you or I have ever been. But also intelligent, resourceful, skilled..."
Her gaze goes distant, and her expression softens to something even Caranthir will never have seen, save perhaps a little when she has looked on her nephew Haldan: deep pride and deeper love. "I have long been resigned to never having children of my own. But had I designed one, she would meet my wishes in every way. She has all the best qualities of us both, but is free in a way neither of us has ever been."
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Date: 2019-07-30 03:10 pm (UTC)Her gaze goes distant, and her expression softens to something even Caranthir will never have seen, save perhaps a little when she has looked on her nephew Haldan: deep pride and deeper love. "I have long been resigned to never having children of my own. But had I designed one, she would meet my wishes in every way. She has all the best qualities of us both, but is free in a way neither of us has ever been."