It's stupid, the whole thing. Enlist? As though they don't all have jobs already, purposes, things they do to keep the wheels of their world turning, society maintained.
It's stupid, because it's unnecessary. Where are the invaders they are meant to attack, the enemy that has been invented for them to combat? Nowhere. The Fae have no interest in the Hollowed Ground, nor should they, given the current state of it. If Amalia could run away and live in the Sidhe Village, she likely would.
But most of all, it's stupid because it's sexist. Men? Really? Men? If Amalia wasn't angry before (she was), oh is she angry now.
Walking silently up the the board, staff in hand and Jyoti at her side, she produces a piece of charcoal and boldly inscribes:
Amalia Chandrakant, 21, Attuned
Retreating from the board, Amalia stops to stand besideRory, reaching out to give his hand a squeeze. Then she turns to the Naturals, both of whom she knows through her mother and grandmother, a dangerous glint in her onyx eyes, a dare for them to protest. "If you have a problem with it, change it yourself."
It's stupid, because it's unnecessary. Where are the invaders they are meant to attack, the enemy that has been invented for them to combat? Nowhere. The Fae have no interest in the Hollowed Ground, nor should they, given the current state of it. If Amalia could run away and live in the Sidhe Village, she likely would.
But most of all, it's stupid because it's sexist. Men? Really? Men? If Amalia wasn't angry before (she was), oh is she angry now.
Walking silently up the the board, staff in hand and Jyoti at her side, she produces a piece of charcoal and boldly inscribes:
Amalia Chandrakant, 21, Attuned
Retreating from the board, Amalia stops to stand beside
