thick skin / elastic heart - any

[Thorunn]

you won’t see me fall apart

He is kind to offer his help, though Thorunn knows it's just part of his kingdom duties. She lived in many kingdoms (two.) and saw the same cycle over and over. There were the greeters, and there were the fighters, and there were the leaders. She remembers Eight and his detached way of ruling, a way she imaged her father would have been. Stoic, displaced, harsh. Perhaps even cruel. She is unsure how he'd react if slighted, she never saw anyone bother.

A twice king, though, surely was slighted at least once.

"I'll find her later, thank you," she says instead, turning her eyes to evaluate the expanse around them. "Who is king now? What is your position here?" she asks instead.

THORUNN

COVET x LIBRETTE