[ She's pressing but not hard, no force in her tone, just the question, part rhetorical, part encouraging, mostly fantasy. ]
It sounds like a story. Dashing pirate forced into the middle of a war he thinks doesn't concern him. At first he fakes interest for his own ends but in time he finds himself drawn in and surprises everyone by becoming an unlikely hero.
[ She wishes it back once it's said, silly and sentimental in the face of very real conflicts. It's too late not to own it, but she still sounds a little defensive, self-conscious when she says ]
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[ She's pressing but not hard, no force in her tone, just the question, part rhetorical, part encouraging, mostly fantasy. ]
It sounds like a story. Dashing pirate forced into the middle of a war he thinks doesn't concern him. At first he fakes interest for his own ends but in time he finds himself drawn in and surprises everyone by becoming an unlikely hero.
[ She wishes it back once it's said, silly and sentimental in the face of very real conflicts. It's too late not to own it, but she still sounds a little defensive, self-conscious when she says ]
I'd believe it.