[Caitlyn listens, not judging, just giving Rue the space to explain what they mean.
And she understands, at least well enough. If she'd been betrothed to a servant, in a situation where she couldn't say no, she probably would have felt relief at the prospect of tying herself to life to someone who wasn't a gold-digging, power-grubbing, back-stabbing merchant heiress. But it would have been intended as an insult. And for someone who wasn't born to the highest echelons of the elite, perhaps even moreso. It would have been intended as a reminder to stay in one's place.
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And she understands, at least well enough. If she'd been betrothed to a servant, in a situation where she couldn't say no, she probably would have felt relief at the prospect of tying herself to life to someone who wasn't a gold-digging, power-grubbing, back-stabbing merchant heiress. But it would have been intended as an insult. And for someone who wasn't born to the highest echelons of the elite, perhaps even moreso. It would have been intended as a reminder to stay in one's place.
She gently squeezes Rue's paw back.]
Your world and mine are all too similar.