[It's the wide eyed look that makes her stop. That makes her remember she is the manifestation of an empire and that such an outburst is unbecoming.
Slowly, carefully, she forces herself to take a deep breath and close her eyes, calming her rapidly beating heart and the fear she feels. She is the Holy Empire of Britannia, unmovable, infallible and orderly. Any less and she is a failure to her people.
Or at least that's what she was told when she was young. Young-er.
Only when she's certain she has her emotions under control and is composed, does she open her eyes again.]
I apologize. So after he was assassinated, Marianne's other child took over? What about Cornelia or even Guinevere? [Oh god, being ruled by Guinevere would be unbearable.]
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Slowly, carefully, she forces herself to take a deep breath and close her eyes, calming her rapidly beating heart and the fear she feels. She is the Holy Empire of Britannia, unmovable, infallible and orderly. Any less and she is a failure to her people.
Or at least that's what she was told when she was young. Young-er.
Only when she's certain she has her emotions under control and is composed, does she open her eyes again.]
I apologize. So after he was assassinated, Marianne's other child took over? What about Cornelia or even Guinevere? [Oh god, being ruled by Guinevere would be unbearable.]