( a fair point, much as jessica dislikes the concession; any interruption to the momentum allows alia the time to consider her answers, ready herself for a barrage. no wise strategist alerts an enemy of the time and date they intend to ambush them, if they have any hope of victory. )
The training room. You will meet me there.
( it can't be mistaken for a request — there's a knowing to it, assured alia will obey, whether she wishes to or otherwise, a magnet beholden to its nature and gravity. thoughtfully, jessica adds: )
Promptly, daughter. I like to be obeyed when I ask for something.
( if she intends to carry on the petulant attitude to spite her, for slights jessica has not yet lived long enough to commit, punished for her future. whenever alia should arrive, timely or otherwise, she'll find jessica — perhaps younger than she would remember, but no less dignified, spine straightened, hands clasped before her. ever prideful, garbed in practical, dark atheisure stolen from a more conservative collection in her closet. )
action ➡️
The training room. You will meet me there.
( it can't be mistaken for a request — there's a knowing to it, assured alia will obey, whether she wishes to or otherwise, a magnet beholden to its nature and gravity. thoughtfully, jessica adds: )
Promptly, daughter. I like to be obeyed when I ask for something.
( if she intends to carry on the petulant attitude to spite her, for slights jessica has not yet lived long enough to commit, punished for her future. whenever alia should arrive, timely or otherwise, she'll find jessica — perhaps younger than she would remember, but no less dignified, spine straightened, hands clasped before her. ever prideful, garbed in practical, dark atheisure stolen from a more conservative collection in her closet. )