[ He sighs dramatically, peering out at the water as the ship glides along it. Ravka's getting smaller and smaller. He's filled with the impulse to distract Nina from looking back, even though she hasn't indicated she's worried. Perhaps he is. Sometimes he wishes he could look back on Fjerda one last time and not take the sight of it for granted. ]
You are nothing but innocent—my mistake. I must have been thinking of someone else. Someone more mischievous and daring and incredibly exasperating. [ He lifts his brows and smiles. ] Very beautiful, too, but she can't know or else her head will grow bigger.
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[ He sighs dramatically, peering out at the water as the ship glides along it. Ravka's getting smaller and smaller. He's filled with the impulse to distract Nina from looking back, even though she hasn't indicated she's worried. Perhaps he is. Sometimes he wishes he could look back on Fjerda one last time and not take the sight of it for granted. ]
You are nothing but innocent—my mistake. I must have been thinking of someone else. Someone more mischievous and daring and incredibly exasperating. [ He lifts his brows and smiles. ] Very beautiful, too, but she can't know or else her head will grow bigger.