Ah, well... you see, I've been familiar with the Guest of Honor, tonight, but...
...well, in the past I would have called her a friend. But now I'm not sure if we were ever friends at all, even if she was the one who returned my dear Laura to me after her kidnapping. It's just, what she's done...
I wonder if those two things are really so opposed...?
After all, most people want to have friends they can reach out to for all sorts of reasons. Someone they can enjoy their time with, even if they can't explain why they do all the other things they do.
Well, I'm... worried. After all, this means war—and she says she intends to follow through if Parliament can't be swayed away from it. My father's in the House of Lords, and he still...
...besides, there's refugees streaming out of the city by the day. Their access to water from the canal has already been blocked off once as a warning... people will die.
Then perhaps she isn't so different from your impressions after all.
...Forgive me for prying. Perhaps it's because I'm a doctor, but I can't help but want to- well, help where I can. I'm of the belief that a sound mind leads to a sound body, so if there's anything I can help you with, even here, only say the word.
Ah... no, you've helped ease my heart, at least a little. Maybe... I simply didn't want to see certain things.
You've already helped me so much... but if you do truly wish to be of more service, a charitable donation, perhaps—I run a house for women in London's Whitechapel neighborhood, and we do need influence with high or low society to continue operating.
[ she will offer to trade high or low society influence 1:1 for "honor the cause of your kiima" influence. ]
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I've had plenty of lovely times here at the Salon, of course, but now I just think of how troubled things are when I'm here. What's been lost.
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Now, tell me what's bothering you.
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...well, in the past I would have called her a friend. But now I'm not sure if we were ever friends at all, even if she was the one who returned my dear Laura to me after her kidnapping. It's just, what she's done...
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I really did want to be her friend, but if she can turn to mistrust so quickly...
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After all, most people want to have friends they can reach out to for all sorts of reasons. Someone they can enjoy their time with, even if they can't explain why they do all the other things they do.
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She's told me so much about herself, and we've shared so many things... I thought we really had a connection.
...maybe it just makes me worry about everyone else, too. If all of a sudden, everything can fracture like that from politics...
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Do you think that her actions could cause people here danger?
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...besides, there's refugees streaming out of the city by the day. Their access to water from the canal has already been blocked off once as a warning... people will die.
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Does she strike you as the type of person to do something like this if she didn't think it was something worth fighting for?
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No, I don't think so, I just... wish I knew why she thought it was so worth digging her heels in on. After all, surely it's better to live...
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It sounds like a heavy burden.
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[ she knits her fingers together in front of herself. ]
...it's a hard path to walk. To carry all alone... that's part of why I don't understand it. She must have known that it won't end well.
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...maybe you're right. Even if... I didn't know her as well as I thought, she's always been a bit like that.
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...Forgive me for prying. Perhaps it's because I'm a doctor, but I can't help but want to- well, help where I can. I'm of the belief that a sound mind leads to a sound body, so if there's anything I can help you with, even here, only say the word.
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You've already helped me so much... but if you do truly wish to be of more service, a charitable donation, perhaps—I run a house for women in London's Whitechapel neighborhood, and we do need influence with high or low society to continue operating.
[ she will offer to trade high or low society influence 1:1 for "honor the cause of your kiima" influence. ]
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[Take 1 Low Society Influence.]
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Thank you very much, sir; I'll see to it that your contribution makes a difference.