( she would be a poor bene gesserit if she couldn't detect bait when it's presented to her: a circular argument that acts as quicksand, once you've stepped into it. distracting. a pointless expenditure of energy better directed elsewhere.
she says nothing, though the lack of acknowledgment seems to weigh heavy with finality, rather than concession. an unspoken as i said, princess irulan understands her duty. loyalty to house corrino above all others, no matter the cost. )
It isn't a mother's place to seek forgiveness from her children. For a girl who claims to know so much, you understand so little.
( not because there is nothing to absolve her of — paul will always believe his birth was jessica's greatest crime, and jessica will always believe it was her greatest gift — but because his hatred is a sacrifice a mother must learn to withstand. what she must live with, if it means his survival. )
Another's guilt does not lessen yours. Don't call me mother if you don't intend to heed me as one.
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she says nothing, though the lack of acknowledgment seems to weigh heavy with finality, rather than concession. an unspoken as i said, princess irulan understands her duty. loyalty to house corrino above all others, no matter the cost. )
It isn't a mother's place to seek forgiveness from her children. For a girl who claims to know so much, you understand so little.
( not because there is nothing to absolve her of — paul will always believe his birth was jessica's greatest crime, and jessica will always believe it was her greatest gift — but because his hatred is a sacrifice a mother must learn to withstand. what she must live with, if it means his survival. )
Another's guilt does not lessen yours. Don't call me mother if you don't intend to heed me as one.