[Goodness gracious! Elizabeth, being a sheltered young woman from the late 1800s, has never even heard a string of curses such as the one Alisha's just let out. Scandalized, she blushes all the way to the roots of her hair, and can't help but stammer.]
Y- Yes, it's difficult...! [she squeaks, for a moment unable to say anything else more. She still can't believe what she just heard. But upon considering the other words - the important words - she swallows, and tries, at least, to compose herself.]
That is to say... I believe that defending yourself, and those closest to you, is... the most important thing. [Maybe she's not ready to kill people for this war, but she could do it if she were defending her family, or her fiance. Probably, she'll be expected to. It's still hard to swallow, but— ] You have to be ready for anything when it comes to defending yourself. For our own sakes, we really might be meant to pick up a... bat. Or, or a sword.
And I think that's what I'm afraid of, that it's what I'm meant for. Not defending myself, but other things.
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Y- Yes, it's difficult...! [she squeaks, for a moment unable to say anything else more. She still can't believe what she just heard. But upon considering the other words - the important words - she swallows, and tries, at least, to compose herself.]
That is to say... I believe that defending yourself, and those closest to you, is... the most important thing. [Maybe she's not ready to kill people for this war, but she could do it if she were defending her family, or her fiance. Probably, she'll be expected to. It's still hard to swallow, but— ] You have to be ready for anything when it comes to defending yourself. For our own sakes, we really might be meant to pick up a... bat. Or, or a sword.
And I think that's what I'm afraid of, that it's what I'm meant for. Not defending myself, but other things.