[ kanaya wouldn't have minded risking herself, not back then. these days she regrets that she can't risk herself as much, but there's too much riding on her being intact. ]
I could have brought you with me, if I had only tried.
[ though how she would've have made her path work with a troll who couldn't turn human is a question she doesn't have an answer to, one she doesn't even want to ask. being able to disguise herself has been crucial to her survival since then, keeping her emotions in better check so she doesn't change at an inopportune time was a lesson she learned quickly after. ]
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I could have brought you with me, if I had only tried.
[ though how she would've have made her path work with a troll who couldn't turn human is a question she doesn't have an answer to, one she doesn't even want to ask. being able to disguise herself has been crucial to her survival since then, keeping her emotions in better check so she doesn't change at an inopportune time was a lesson she learned quickly after. ]