Do you remember aught of her, if I might ask? I, in comparison have never left her shores.
( She inclines her head after pausing for a moment. Of course she knows of them. It was part of her earliest education, as soon as she knew how to read; to learn of her illustrious lineage. And yet. )
Indeed I have. Ever have I admired them. ( And the fact that they pursued their own goals, nevermind what their men thought. ) I can give a multitude of excuses for why the life of a woman is dissimilar to theirs in my era.
The truth is that I have been raised to know only this: that I am to marry well, and make a lasting alliance for the good of the family through marrying well and bearing sons. All of my education, so far as I am aware, has been precisely to differentiate me from more silly girls.
( She tilts her head. ) Yet you disagree with that, do you not? Even if only a little.
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( She inclines her head after pausing for a moment. Of course she knows of them. It was part of her earliest education, as soon as she knew how to read; to learn of her illustrious lineage. And yet. )
Indeed I have. Ever have I admired them. ( And the fact that they pursued their own goals, nevermind what their men thought. ) I can give a multitude of excuses for why the life of a woman is dissimilar to theirs in my era.
The truth is that I have been raised to know only this: that I am to marry well, and make a lasting alliance for the good of the family through marrying well and bearing sons. All of my education, so far as I am aware, has been precisely to differentiate me from more silly girls.
( She tilts her head. ) Yet you disagree with that, do you not? Even if only a little.