[She hides her dismay with another sip of the drink. She wonders who told him. The list was actually rather slim, though nobody on it seemed a likely candidate. There was the possibility that he had someone watching her from time to time, but that didn't make much sense either.
Then again, he'd forced himself to stay in the City to protect people he cared about. That didn't mean he didn't have friends outside it.
Her tone is reproachful.]
So is freedom.
[It's a jab at both him and the import rebellion. There hadn't been a future for her here after everyone had gone their own ways. She'd spent a long time justifying her own departure to herself. She knew that waiting for everyone to regroup was vain; it might never happen, first of all. Second, if it did, there were no guarantees that anything would come of it.]
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Then again, he'd forced himself to stay in the City to protect people he cared about. That didn't mean he didn't have friends outside it.
Her tone is reproachful.]
So is freedom.
[It's a jab at both him and the import rebellion. There hadn't been a future for her here after everyone had gone their own ways. She'd spent a long time justifying her own departure to herself. She knew that waiting for everyone to regroup was vain; it might never happen, first of all. Second, if it did, there were no guarantees that anything would come of it.]