Once again, Julianna quit sewing to look at Ishara. Her feelings of being a prisoner were not assuaged by this bit of interrogation for her company. She felt as if she was being tested by the other woman, but about what she had no idea.
"That's a very...difficult question to answer, madam. If I were to look to my own parents as an example, it's a partnership I suppose. My parents are different, but complimentary. They support each other through any difficulties they face. They're..." Julianna's nose wrinkled as she paused, looking as if she was remembering something a bit distasteful. "Passionate about one another."
The princess took a moment to tie off the thread, like Ishara had showed her, before folding up the item and placing it on a small pile of garments she had completed. "But then again, we don't have arranged marriages in the south. So, to some I suppose marriage is a bargaining chip, or an opportunity for a better life."
Julianna's ears fell beneath the hood of Eoghan's cloak. All in all the coverage did nothing to hide them when they moved so much to advertise her feelings. Ishara continued to sound exasperated and impatient with her. That scoff of a noise she made hurt her feelings, at best. It confirmed her feelings that this was not a woman she could confide in. Her commentary about Julianna being unwilling to try was like a spiteful stake in her heart.
"I do not know how to tend to a home," she explained. "Even my mother can embroider and cook."
Julianna paused for a moment. Pursed her lips thoughtfully, before humming. "But then again, I suppose it would depend on what a man would fancy in a woman." Ishara's pointed questioning seemed to have unintentionally enlightened her to a new way of thinking. "Though you have certain similarities, you are very different from my mother. You each have very fine, husbands I would say. Why should I feel less useful just because I know different things."
"That's a very...difficult question to answer, madam. If I were to look to my own parents as an example, it's a partnership I suppose. My parents are different, but complimentary. They support each other through any difficulties they face. They're..." Julianna's nose wrinkled as she paused, looking as if she was remembering something a bit distasteful. "Passionate about one another."
The princess took a moment to tie off the thread, like Ishara had showed her, before folding up the item and placing it on a small pile of garments she had completed. "But then again, we don't have arranged marriages in the south. So, to some I suppose marriage is a bargaining chip, or an opportunity for a better life."
Julianna's ears fell beneath the hood of Eoghan's cloak. All in all the coverage did nothing to hide them when they moved so much to advertise her feelings. Ishara continued to sound exasperated and impatient with her. That scoff of a noise she made hurt her feelings, at best. It confirmed her feelings that this was not a woman she could confide in. Her commentary about Julianna being unwilling to try was like a spiteful stake in her heart.
"I do not know how to tend to a home," she explained. "Even my mother can embroider and cook."
Julianna paused for a moment. Pursed her lips thoughtfully, before humming. "But then again, I suppose it would depend on what a man would fancy in a woman." Ishara's pointed questioning seemed to have unintentionally enlightened her to a new way of thinking. "Though you have certain similarities, you are very different from my mother. You each have very fine, husbands I would say. Why should I feel less useful just because I know different things."
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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