JUNIPER
you think i'm happy because i'm smiling,
but it's the easiest thing to do
"Thanks," Juniper said ruefully. "I'll probably need it."but it's the easiest thing to do
She, too, knew that she would most certainly lose a fight against Wessex -- her only hope was that it wouldn't come to that. That Wessex would be too concerned about the social and political consequences of killing her to actually do so. And such consequences hadn't kept the Ascended from attacking the Greatwood before -- but there had been no real consequences then; those were what Juniper was trying to create now.
Juniper nodded. "I've heard that about Warden Aristomache, though I didn't ask when we met. And the Governor told me about his husband himself. It doesn't mean they're bad people, or inherently against us. The Governor's husband wasn't involved in the attack on the Greatwood, and my quest is to hold those specific individuals responsible, so his husband wouldn't be part of it."
if you looked a little closer,
you'd find my eyes aren't smiling too.
you'd find my eyes aren't smiling too.
