[ Although, Zoya's smile contradicts that. It's proud. She does momentarily consider making up a story about how one of the counts did get handsy with her at the Grand Palace, but that would be a grand lie, for they'd have lost their fingers and their life if that were the case.
People here didn't seem too fazed by the presence of powers. And Zoya has never been afraid herself. ]
I was training someone in how to use their powers. He doubted himself over and over. Nothing I said seemed to sink in. So I told him to look out the window and tell me what he saw. Before he could finish his sentence, I him them out the window.
[ More like a shove. A little tap full of aggression. ]
He called enough air to stop himself from a disgusting fall. [ She shrugs. ] He stopped thinking and started trusting himself. That was the entire point of the lesson.
[ Zoya never would've done it if she thought Adrik couldn't catch himself. He'd lost so much spirit after the civil war that she had taken it upon herself to show him just what she saw: a survivor.
👀 cw: also i guess defenestration
[ Although, Zoya's smile contradicts that. It's proud. She does momentarily consider making up a story about how one of the counts did get handsy with her at the Grand Palace, but that would be a grand lie, for they'd have lost their fingers and their life if that were the case.
People here didn't seem too fazed by the presence of powers. And Zoya has never been afraid herself. ]
I was training someone in how to use their powers. He doubted himself over and over. Nothing I said seemed to sink in. So I told him to look out the window and tell me what he saw. Before he could finish his sentence, I him them out the window.
[ More like a shove. A little tap full of aggression. ]
He called enough air to stop himself from a disgusting fall. [ She shrugs. ] He stopped thinking and started trusting himself. That was the entire point of the lesson.
[ Zoya never would've done it if she thought Adrik couldn't catch himself. He'd lost so much spirit after the civil war that she had taken it upon herself to show him just what she saw: a survivor.
And he was. One of the best. ]