[ For she had served as the mage of an unworthy ruler for much too long, forced to endure mindless counsel from advisors who were as incompetent as their monarch; that's not even taking into account the kings of other domains, much poorer assignments for any sorcerer to be handed. She had narrowly dodged Nilfgaard in favor of Aedirn, but now, in hindsight, realizes she would have rather faced a dullard of a king for decades on end than a tyrant.
She's broken by her brief reverie of thought by what gets extended out between them, plucking the donut in question from his grasp and pinching it between her fingers with a skeptical look. ]
Your assertion is reassuring. [ Nevertheless, she lifts it to her mouth to take a slow bite from one end, inadvertently smudging chocolate on her lower lip in the process. ]
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[ For she had served as the mage of an unworthy ruler for much too long, forced to endure mindless counsel from advisors who were as incompetent as their monarch; that's not even taking into account the kings of other domains, much poorer assignments for any sorcerer to be handed. She had narrowly dodged Nilfgaard in favor of Aedirn, but now, in hindsight, realizes she would have rather faced a dullard of a king for decades on end than a tyrant.
She's broken by her brief reverie of thought by what gets extended out between them, plucking the donut in question from his grasp and pinching it between her fingers with a skeptical look. ]
Your assertion is reassuring. [ Nevertheless, she lifts it to her mouth to take a slow bite from one end, inadvertently smudging chocolate on her lower lip in the process. ]